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]

Quaker Whaler House Dartmouth Nova Scotia

See also

References
  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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