STREET ADDRESS: 10 Parade Street
CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Yarmouth
MUNICIPALITY: Yarmouth
COUNTY: Yarmouth
YEAR BUILT: circa 1862
ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:
2 1/2 storey of Victorian influence with a 2 storey off-center back ell which has 1 1/2 storey addition. Medium pitched gable roof has pedimented gables and symmetrically placed inset chimneys; ell and addition have off-centered chimneys. The symmetrical 3 bay facade has a centered, projecting; 3-storey tower with s-curved, pointed dome roof. (This glass tower is the landmark feature of the house.) Center entrance in the enclosed porch of the tower has paired doors. Windows have double hung sashes with 1/1 glazing and bracketed sills; first storey windows have large moulded crowns and upper storey windows are butted to frieze; windows in ell and addition have 6/6 glazing; round headed, fixed sash windows in each gable have dog-eared labels. Wood construction, clapboard clad with verge-, frieze- and base-boards, wide corner pilasters with capitals and dentiled cornices and rakes.
HISTORICAL COMMENT:
Built in 1862 for Capt. John Lovitt, who apparently was away at sea with his wife at the time. It is believed that Jacob V.B. Bingay was the building's architect, James E. Heustis the builder, and its construction supervised by Capt. Lovitt's father, Capt. John Walker Lovitt.
CONTEXTUAL COMMENTS:
North side of Parade Street. The prominent tower was built on in 1891 by a Mr. Jenkins, a shipbuilder, and has made this residence a landmark
PRESENT OWNER: Kenneth & Sandra Dennis
ADDRESS: 10 Parade Street, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia B5A 3A4
ORIGINAL OWNER: John W. Lovitt
BUILDER: James E. Huestis
ORIGINAL USE: Single family dwelling
PRESENT USE: Apartments
| OWNER | FROM: | TO: | OCCUPATION | BOOK PG |
| John W. Lovitt | Nov. 5, 1861 | Aug. 15, 1866 | Shipowner | AL476 |
| John Lovitt | Aug. 15, 1866 | Apr. 13, 1908 | Master Mariner M.P.P.-Senator | AP721 |
| Elizabeth Lovitt | Apr. 13, 1908 | Apr. 24, 1910 | Widow of John Lovitt | Estate 3189 |
| H. Harold Lovitt, et al | Apr. 24, 1910 | July 12, 1910 | Executors/Heirs of John Lovitt | CV251 |
| Harriet Helen Lovitt | July 12, 1910 | Mar. 11, 1942 | Single Woman | CW 820 |
| John V. Lovitt, et al | Mar. 11, 1942 | July 2, 1942 | Heirs of Harriet Helen Lovitt | Estate 3279 |
| Margaret Baker | July 2, 1942 | Apr. 1, 1970 | Wife of Karl W. | EN 305 |
| David M. Baker | Apr. 1, 1970 | Mar. 15, 1995 | Engineer | HH258 |
| Ken Murphy Enterprises Ltd. | Mar. 15, 1995 | Nov. 14, 1996 | Investment Company | 529 / 685 |
| Kenneth/ Sandra Dennis | Nov. 14, 1996 | Present | Merchants | 548 / 635 |
COMMENTS ON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:
As well as being involved in his family's shipping business, John Lovitt had interests in a number of other Yarmouth enterprises. Over a period of years he was a Director of the Commercial Insurance Company, the Pacific Insurance Company, the Bank of Yarmouth and the first Yarmouth Water Company. In 1874 he was elected to the Nova Scotia Legislature and also became a Justice of the Peace. In 1887 he was elected to Parliament and served four years as M.P., but chose not to run again in 1891. In 1896 he became Yarmouth's first Senator, which position he retained until his death in 1908 at age 75.
SOURCES: Registry of Deeds / Probate ; Map of Yarmouth County, A.F. Church (c.1987); Atlantic Hearth, Byers & McBurney (1994); Seasoned Timbers, Vol. 1, Heritage Trust, (1972); Canadian Inventory of Historic Building, S. Reilly (1977); The Vanguard, Aug. 21, 1990.