Built Heritage Resource Guide

The Dennis Family home was located on Coburg Road.

Scottish, English, German or Irish Vernacular buildings, 1830-1880, in sub-class of the Neoclassical Architecture in Canada, include the following characteristics:

- wood, brick or stone construction
- 1 ½ to 2 ½ storeys
- steeply pitched gable roof without eaves or decoration
- dormers absent, undersized or five-sided Scottish, large central chimney, or end wall chimneys
- centered doorway, rectangular transoms and side lights, symmetrical facade
- detached, semi-detached or terrace houses
- Roman, Greek and gothic details in windows
- not designed by an architect

Date: June 1939

Photographer: Clara Dennis

Reference: Clara Dennis Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1981-541 no. 1069