STREET ADDRESS: 26 Carleton Street
CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Yarmouth
MUNICIPALITY: Yarmouth
COUNTY: Yarmouth
YEAR BUILT: circa 1924
ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:
2 storey Craftsman style has a slightly lower 2 storey back ell and a 1 storey enclosed sunporch on south side of principal house section; there is a recessed second storey porch on north side of back ell. The medium pitched hip roof has exposed rafter ends; a prominent central chimney and a centered hip roofed dormer with wide overhang on front roof slope; side and back ells have medium pitched gable roofs. The asymmetrical facade has an off-center, open entry porch with roof supported by tapered square columns and a triple window. Windows are double hung with smaller top sashes and 3/1 glazing. Wood construction, shingle clad with corner-boards at first storey and a decorative belt course.
CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:
Northwest corner of Carleton and Alma Streets. Second storey added to back ell sometime after 1955.
PRESENT OWNER: George Stanley Amirault
ADDRESS: 26 Carleton Street Yarmouth Nova Scotia B5A 2C4
ORIGINAL OWNER: Louis Leon Amirault
OCCUPATION: Painter
BUILDER: Unknown
ORIGINAL USE: Two family dwelling
PRESENT USE: Two family dwelling
| HISTORY OF BUILDING | ||||
| OWNER | FROM: | TO: | OCCUPATION | BOOK-PAGE |
| Louis Leon Amirault | 22 Nov. 1923 | 04 Nov. 1951 | Painter | DT 301 |
| Dorothy M. Faulkner Bernice A. Amirault | 04 Nov. 1951 | 30 Mar. 1977 | Heirs of Louis L. Amirault | Estate 197 |
| Dorothy M. & Percy Faulkner / Bernice A. & George S. Amirault | 30 Mar. 1977 | 15 Apr. 1996 | N/A | KT 172 |
| George S. & Marie D. Amirault | 15 Apr. 1996 | Present | N/A | 541-193 |
SOURCES: Registry of Deeds/Probate Fire Insurance Plans of Yarmouth, 1927, 1938, 1947, 1955