Formal Recognition Type

Fisheries Heritage Preservation Program

Notes

The two-storey structure with a low gabled roof was erected by George Hicks of Bonavista, likely in the early 1900s. He used it to store lobster pots and other fishing gear. Adjoining this structure is a store with a steeply pitched roof built by his son Maxwell circa 1942. This newer store sits closer to the waterside, and was framed in with lumber cut at a saw mail owned by Alfred Stead in Parson’s Siding. Maxwell was a farmer and fisherman and built boats in his later years. Maxwell eventually used both stores for boatbuilding, while larger boats were constructed outside on the grounds of the premises. Maxwell constructed a boat of his own at this property in 1951. The Bonavista Historic Townscape Foundation received support from the Fisheries Heritage Preservation Program to restore the George and Maxwell Hicks Property. They reported that “approximately seventy percent of the foundation sills were rotten and floor boards were sunk into the ground.” As well, the building was twisted, the clapboard needed replacing, the roof needed to be re-felted and much of the building required new sheathing because of extensive rot.

Community

Bonavista

Municipality

Town of Bonavista

Civic Address

Rolling Cove Road

Construction (circa)

1900 - 1942

Builder

George and Maxwell Hicks