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34-Porter-StreetSTREET ADDRESS: 34 Porter Street

CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Yarmouth

MUNICIPALITY: Yarmouth

COUNTY: Yarmouth

YEAR BUILT: 1896

ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:

2 storey Queen Anne Revival style with 2 storey porch on front and 1 storey veranda on east side. Medium pitched hip roof has prominent lower crossed gables on front, east and west sides, and a discretely placed central chimney. Facade is asymmetrical with an off-center door inside enclosed porch. Windows have double hung sashes with 1/1 glazing and plain, straight crowns; cross gables and 2 storey cutaway bay windows on east side have paired windows in first and second storeys; lower porch has full height, fixed sash windows with 6 panes bounded by small panes of stained glass in front and 4 panes on side; single pane, fixed sash windows in gables. Construction is of wood with clapboard cladding; trim and other decorative features include fishscale shingling in front gable, spindlework in porches, corner- and frieze-board trim, corner-bracket detailing above cutaway bay window, and brackets in second storey porch.

HISTORICAL COMMENT:

Built in 1896 by Thomas Williams for Capt. Charles P. Kinney, one of Yarmouth's many notable seamen. The construction and subsequent occupation of this house by the Kinney family warranted a detailed description of its architecture in the Yarmouth Light newspaper on November 5, 1896.

CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:

North side of Porter Street, second house west of Brunswick Street. House and grounds are very well maintained.

PRESENT OWNER:Gary L./Dorothy M. Newcombe

ADDRESS: 34 Porter Street, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, B5A 2Y6

ORIGINAL OWNER: Charles P. Kinney

OCCUPATION: Master Mariner

BUILDER: Thomas Williams

ORIGINAL USE: Single family dwelling

PRESENT USE: Single family dwelling

HISTORY OF BUILDING
OWNER                FROM: TO: OCCUPATION BOOK PG
Charles P. Kinney Mar. 17, 1896 Aug. 15, 1911 Master Mariner CC 3
Bertha Chapman Aug. 15, 1911 Mar. 30, 1914 Wife of Thomas Chapman (upholsterer) CY 758
Annie S. Boyd Mar. 30, 1914 Aug.31, 1956 Wife of Joseph Boyd (customs official) DD 775
Catherine Boyd Tilton Aug. 31, 1956 Aug. 16, 1990 Married woman FP 163
Frederick S. Spencer, et ux Aug. 16, 1990 Sept. 30, 1991 Real estate investor 478 32
Dorothy M. Trefry Carol J. Wilson Sept. 30, 1991 Dec. 23, 1993 Business women 491 47
Dorothy M./Gary L. Newcombe Dec. 23, 1993 Present Youth care worker 517 494

COMMENTS ON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS:

Yarmouth Light, April 30, 1896: "Workmen have commenced on the cellar for Capt. Chas. Kinney's new house on Porter Street."

Ibid., November 5, 1896: "Capt. Chas. P. Kinney and family are now occupying their new residence on Porter Street. This house was built by Mr. Thomas Williams during the past summerand reflects credit alike on the owner and the builder..."

Yarmouth Herald, March 24, 1914: "Capt. Joseph W. Boyd has purchased the Thomas Chapman homestead property on Porter Street."

SOURCES:Registry of Deeds/Probate; Yarmouth Herald, 24 May 1914; Town Assessment Rolls, 1901, 1915; McAlpine's N.S. Directory, 1907-08; Yarmouth Light, 30 April, 1896; 05 Nov. 1896.