Prescott House Museum
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.Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: historic house in Starr’s Point, Nova Scotia
- Also known as: “Prescott House”
- Address: 1633 Starrs Point Road, Port Williams, Nova Scotia B0P 1T0
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Raymond Field.
Raymond Field
Pitch
Photo: Cmm3, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Raymond Field is situated 2½ km southeast of Prescott House Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wolfville and Gaspereau.
Wolfville
Photo: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wolfville is a town of 4,200 people in the region of Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. It lies on the Bay of Fundy. It is home to Acadia University.
Gaspereau
Hamlet
Photo: James Ellison, CC BY 2.0.
Gaspereau is a rural community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County. It is located about 3 km south of the town of Wolfville on the Gaspereau River. Gaspereau is situated 5 km southeast of Prescott House Museum.
Grand-Pré
Photo: Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand-Pré is a small town in the Annapolis Valley region of Nova Scotia. The town is mostly known for the Grand-Pré National Historic Site, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Landscape of Grand Pré.
Prescott House Museum
- Categories: historic house, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.11057° or 45° 6′ 38″ northLongitude
-64.37916° or 64° 22′ 45″ westOpen location code
87QQ4J6C+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 1319260002OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7240855
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Prescott House Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “maison Prescott”
- French: “Musée de la maison Prescott”
- Russian: “Дом-музей Прескотта”
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Highlights include Town of Wolfville and Andrew H. McCain Arena.
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