"Dunedin House", 27 Hawthorne Street, c. 1872

This beautiful clapboard Gothic Revival structure was built by in 1872 for George P. Henry, a drover/yeoman. "Dunedin House" has had several local notables as residents such as the physician/historian Dr. John W. MacDonald, and merchant/politician C.B. Whidden.

This 2-storey, 15-room house has a prominent steeply pitched central gable accentuated with decorative gingerbread trim. The full-scale first floor bay windows are also standard components of the late phase of Gothic Revival. It is surprising, however, that the Gothic detailing is so understated and that the main second-storey window is arched, not pointed. 27 Hawthorne Street also exhibits the typical Maritime layering of architectural styles. For example, the pedimented entrance with transom and sidelights are derivative of Greek Revival. The side porch has been altered over the years. This late 19th-century addition originally featured bracketed trim and vertical spindles in the verandah railing.

Lisa Illsley