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

References
  1. Historic Places Canada Archived December 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Dartmouth Heritage Museum
  3. https://archive.org/stream/cihm_09015#page/n33/mode/1up/search/quakers

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