MICROFICHE REFERENCE NUMBER: 45-09-00624 |
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STREET ADDRESS: Chemin des Cottreau #60 CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Wedgeport MUNICIPALITY: Argyle COUNTY: Yarmouth |
PRESENT OWNER: Charles A. Cottreau
Note: See date of compilation at end of form
ADDRESS: Lower Wedgeport, NS B0W 3P0
ORIGINAL OWNER: Charles Cottreau
OCCUPATION: Fisherman & Farmer
BUILDER: Unknown
ORIGINAL USE: Residential PRESENT USE: Residential
YEAR BUILT: ca. 1840
ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:
This house is Gothic Revival in style. It is one and a half storey, of wood construction, with a steeply pitched gable roof. It has a three bay symmetrical facade with a centered doorway. There is a one and a half storey addition which projects from the eastern ridgewall of the main house. This addition has an ell on the south eastern side.
HISTORICAL COMMENT:
This house was built ca. 1840 and was the home of Charles Cottreau, son of Jean Marie Cottreau, the first of his name to settle in Wedgeport. Charles died in 1864 leaving the property to his widow and son Raymond, who raised his family here also. Raymond died about 1895, and his son Charles “Nathan” took over the property. Nathan deeded the house to his son Charles Alfred Cottreau in 1954, who is the present owner.
CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:
This house has stayed in the same Cottreau family since it was built. The house sits far back from the road in a large field. It has been unoccupied for several years.
HISTORY OF BUILDING
OWNER | FROM – TO | OCCUPATION | BOOK / PAGE |
Cottreau, Charles Alfred | 24 Feb 1954 – Present | Lobster buyer | G.U. 433 |
Cottreau, Charles “Nathan” | 1906-07 – 24 Feb 1954 | Fisherman & farmer | No recorded deed or probate |
Cottreau, heirs of Raymond | 1895 – 1906-07 | Heirs-at-law | No recorded deed or probate |
Cottreau, Raymond | 10 Aug 1864 – 1895 | Farmer & fisherman | Est. #810 |
Cottreau, Charles | ca. 1840 – 10 Aug 1864 | Fisherman & farmer | No recorded deed or probate |
SOURCES: Yarmouth County deed & probate records; Assessment rolls-1872,1891,1894-95, 1906-07, 1910, 1925, 1945; “Tusket Wedge” by Stephen Surette; St. Michael’s Church records; A. F. Church map; Interview with present owner Charles A. Cottreau, great-grandson of original owner.
Compiled by: Doreen A. Anderson
Date: April, 1992