Quaker Whaler House

The Quaker Whaler House is the oldest building in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1785).^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.

44°40′01″N 63°34′06″W / 44.66698°N 63.56828°W / 44.66698; -63.56828

[1] Historic Places Canada Archived December 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Dartmouth Heritage Museum

[3] 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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Quaker Whaler House

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