Statement of Significance
Formal Recognition Type
Fisheries Heritage Preservation Program
Notes
This two-storey, steep pitched roof fish store sits on a property once known as “Old Room,” which was occupied by the Brown family of Bonavista since the early nineteenth century. Sources suggest that it was built by William Brown at around 1851, in the area of Bonavista historically known as Canaille. Then William’s foreign-going sea captain son, Captain Robert Brown, owned the property for more than fifty years. When the Bonavista Historic Townscape Foundation took ownership of the structure and moved it to save it from being torn down, the fish store was in fairly poor condition. Its restoration included building a stone foundation, repairing or replacing windows and doors, replacing clapboard and installing new wooden roofing shingles. The project was completed in September of 2008. Robert Brown’s Fish Store/Twine Loft is one of only a couple of historic two-storey fish stores of this type remaining in Bonavista, whose shoreline was once busy with dozens of such structures.
Location and History
Community
Bonavista
Municipality
Town of Bonavista
Civic Address
Canaille
Construction (circa)
1850 - 1850
Location
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