Formal Recognition Type

City of St. John's Heritage Building, Structure, Land or Area

Heritage Value

Compton House has been designated a Municipal Heritage Structure by the City of St. John’s for its aesthetic and historical values.

Compton House is aesthetically valuable because it is a fine example of Queen Anne Revival design. It has two storey bow windows, decorative wood shingles, double dormers and decorative pediments and columns. The covered opened porch features a sun design and a decorated pediment with columns, as well as the original entrance with sidelights.

Compton House is historically valuable because of its association with one of its owners C.A. Pippy, who was founder of Newfoundland Tractors Limited. In the 1960s, he gave a million dollars to the provincial government to purchase land to develop a large park within the city limits. C.A. Pippy Park was named in his honor.

Source: City of St. John’s Archives, unnumbered property file, St. John’s – Compton House

Character Defining Elements

All elements that define the building’s Queen Anne Revival design, including:

-exterior decoration including decorative wood shingles, double dormers, pediments and columns;

-size, shape, decoration and placement of windows;

-covered/opened porch with sun design, decorated pediment and columns;

-decorative glass in central windows in bows;

-gable roof;

-original entrance with plain flat trim and sidelights, and;

-dimensions, size and location of building.

Notes

Decorative shingles in pediments, decorative glass in bow windows, sun decoration on porch

Community

St. John's

Municipality

City of St. John's

Civic Address

026 Waterford Bridge Road

Construction (circa)

1919 - 1920

Builder

Unknown

Style

Square