Prescott House Museum, Wolfville

Name: Prescott House Museum
Address: 1633 Starrs Point Rd, Wolfville, B0P 1T0, Canada
Telephone: +1 902-542-3984

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Prescott House Museum is a historic house and gardens located in Starr's Point, Nova Scotia which is part of the Nova Scotia Museum. Built between 1812 and 1816 by Charles Ramage Prescott as the centrepiece of his country estate called "Acacia Grove", it is one of the best preserved Georgian houses in Canada. ()

Established: 1971 (53 years ago)Coordinates: 45°6'37"N, 64°22'43"W

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1633 Starrs Point RdWolfville B0P 1T0 Canada

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+1 902-542-3984

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Nearby attractions include: Grand-Pré National Historic Site, Wolfville Historical Society, Fort Vieux Logis, Acadia University.

3.3 miE
, Historical place, Museum
Grand-Pré National Historic Site, Grand-Pré
85 min walk • Grand-Pré National Historic Site is a park set aside to commemorate the Grand-Pré area of Nova Scotia as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755, and the British deportation of the Acadians that happened during the French and Indian War.
1.7 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Wolfville Historical Society, Wolfville
44 min walk • The Wolfville Historical Society is a registered charity that owns and maintains the Randall House Museum in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. This building dates from c.1812 and is operated as a seasonal museum, open to the public from June to September.
4.8 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Vieux Logis
122 min walk • Fort Vieux Logis was a small British frontier fort built at present-day Hortonville, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1749, during Father Le Loutre's War. Ranger John Gorham moved a blockhouse he erected in Annapolis Royal in 1744 to the site of Vieux Logis. The fort was in use until 1754.
1.6 miSE
Universities and schools
Acadia University, Wolfville
40 min walk • Acadia University is a public, predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level.
1.6 miS
45°5'16"N • 64°22'8"W
Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens, Wolfville
42 min walk • Garden, Park
3.7 miE
Church
Covenanter Church
94 min walk • Covenanter's Church is a New England meeting house style structure located in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, and is the oldest extant Presbyterian Church in Canada.
1.7 miSE
Universities and schools
Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville
45 min walk • The Acadia Divinity College is the official seminary of the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada, functioning within its evangelical tradition, and governed by a board of trustees with members appointed by the Convention and the Board of Governors of Acadia University.
1.6 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Andrew H. McCain Arena, Wolfville
42 min walk • The Andrew H. McCain Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. It can seat 1,800 spectators for ice events and an extra 1,000 on the ice surface for other events. It was built in 1988, and features an Olympic sized ice surface. It is home to the Acadia Axemen ice hockey team.
1.4 miSE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Raymond Field, Wolfville
35 min walk • Raymond Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. It is the home of the Acadia University Axemen football and soccer teams as well as the Acadia Axewomen soccer and rugby teams. It can seat 3,000, and was built in 1966.