The Quaker Whaler House is the oldest building in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1785). Built by William Ray, a Quaker and cooper from Nantucket who moved to Dartmouth in 1785-86 as a whaler. Its materials and construction methods closely resembles Quaker architecture in Nantucket, such as the asymmetrical facade design and stone foundation. The Quakers settled in Dartmouth for six years (1786-1792) before many of them left for England. The most well-known Quaker was abolitionist Lawrence Hartshorne.
See also
- Lawrence Hartshorne's house
- List of oldest buildings and structures in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- History of the Halifax Regional Municipality
- List of oldest buildings in Canada
References
- Historic Places Canada Archived December 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- Dartmouth Heritage Museum
- History of the townships of Dartmouth, Preston and Lawrencetown, Halifax county, N.S. [microform] : (Akins historical prize essay). 1893. ISBN 9780665090158.
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