Formal Recognition Type

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

Heritage Value

Elizabeth Manor has been designated a municipal heritage building by the City of St. John’s for its aesthetic value. It is a beautiful example of a Second Empire style building. It has a Mansard roof with bonnetted dormers. The second story has cantilevered bow windows and dentils and there are brackets along the eaves line. Each bow window has moulded fascia boards and a unique curved detail at the underside of the windows. The main floor features 2 three-paned windows with a curved detail linking the tops of these windows with the bows located just above. The main entrance has a heavy bracketed entablature with pilasters, a transom, dentils and side lights. The house is sheathed in narrow wooden siding and it has wide corner boards and returned eaves.

Source: City of St. John’s property file, designated 05/06/1995.

Character Defining Elements

All those elements that embody the Second Empire design, including:

-Mansard roof and returned eaves;

-narrow wooden clapboard;

-size, shape, fenestration and decoration of windows;

-1/1 windows;

-bonnetted dormer windows;

-dentils;

-original entrance with transom, sidelights, pilasters, dentils and brackets;

-cantilevered bow windows with brackets and dentils, fascia board and curved undersides.

Notes

Rounded dormer windows with dentils and 2 second storey bow windows with brackets, dentils, fasica board and rounded bottoms. One of the first residences to be converted in to a Bed and Breakfast in downtown St. John’s

Community

St. John's

Municipality

City of St. John's

Civic Address

021 Military Road

Construction (circa)

1892 - 1894

Builder

unknown

Style

Rectangular Long Façade