49 Cornwallis Street

Lunenburg, Canada

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerCanadian Register of Historic Places↗

This wood-frame house at 49 Cornwallis Street in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, was built in 1829 and exemplifies the architectural layering of its era, combining Georgian and Victorian stylistic elements. Designated as a Municipally Registered Property, it represents the domestic building traditions of early nineteenth-century maritime Nova Scotia, when Lunenburg was a prosperous shipping center. The house's wooden construction and mixed architectural vocabulary reflect the transitional period between the restrained Georgian idiom and the more ornamental Victorian aesthetic that would come to dominate residential design.