Address: 75 Alexandra Avenue |
Heritage Status: Recognized |
Built: 1908 |
Builder/Architect: Unknown |
Style: Four Square |
Architecture:
- Large white Four Square style house suffered little alterations except for enclosure of a portion of the veranda (common amongst homes of this type) and addition of flat-roofed small extension on the side
- Both carried out quite compatibly, probably added early on
- Finely detailed mouldings on the cornerboards and fascia (under eaves) and details on posts supporting veranda roof
- Typical hipped roof and hipped dormer, along with hipped roof veranda
- Bay window on second story protruding above doorway, 6–paned window sashes
- Bay window on left-hand side of building on ground floor level
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History:
- Bought in 1908 from William Owen, noted Barrister, for $400.00
- First owner (1908-1950) was H. Kathleen Olive, probably wife of Allan W. Olive who operated “Taylor Drug Company” and then “Olive and Taylor”, with branches in Bridgewater and Mahone Bay
- Owned by Francis and Frances MacPherson 1950-1962, he was publisher of Bridgewater Bulletin
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