Inventory Site Forms: Sample 3 – Wedgeport

	MICROFICHE REFERENCE NUMBER: 45-09-00624
STREET ADDRESS: Chemin des Cottreau #60 CITY/TOWN/VILLAGE: Wedgeport MUNICIPALITY: Argyle COUNTY: Yarmouth

PRESENT OWNER: Charles A. Cottreau
Note: See date of compilation at end of form

ADDRESS: Lower Wedgeport, NS B0W 3P0

ORIGINAL OWNER: Charles Cottreau

OCCUPATION: Fisherman & Farmer

BUILDER: Unknown

ORIGINAL USE: Residential PRESENT USE: Residential

YEAR BUILT: ca. 1840

 

ARCHITECTURAL COMMENT:

This house is Gothic Revival in style. It is one and a half storey, of wood construction, with a steeply pitched gable roof. It has a three bay symmetrical facade with a centered doorway. There is a one and a half storey addition which projects from the eastern ridgewall of the main house. This addition has an ell on the south eastern side.

HISTORICAL COMMENT:

This house was built ca. 1840 and was the home of Charles Cottreau, son of Jean Marie Cottreau, the first of his name to settle in Wedgeport. Charles died in 1864 leaving the property to his widow and son Raymond, who raised his family here also. Raymond died about 1895, and his son Charles “Nathan” took over the property. Nathan deeded the house to his son Charles Alfred Cottreau in 1954, who is the present owner.

CONTEXTUAL COMMENT:

This house has stayed in the same Cottreau family since it was built. The house sits far back from the road in a large field. It has been unoccupied for several years.

HISTORY OF BUILDING

OWNER	FROM – TO	OCCUPATION	BOOK / PAGE
Cottreau, Charles Alfred	24 Feb 1954 – Present	Lobster buyer	G.U. 433
Cottreau, Charles “Nathan”	1906-07 – 24 Feb 1954	Fisherman & farmer	No recorded deed or probate
Cottreau, heirs of Raymond	1895 – 1906-07	Heirs-at-law	No recorded deed or probate
Cottreau, Raymond	10 Aug 1864 – 1895	Farmer & fisherman	Est. #810
Cottreau, Charles	ca. 1840 – 10 Aug 1864	Fisherman & farmer	No recorded deed or probate

SOURCES: Yarmouth County deed & probate records; Assessment rolls-1872,1891,1894-95, 1906-07, 1910, 1925, 1945; “Tusket Wedge” by Stephen Surette; St. Michael’s Church records; A. F. Church map; Interview with present owner Charles A. Cottreau, great-grandson of original owner.

Compiled by: Doreen A. Anderson

Date: April, 1992