45 King Street - Parr Division

The Charlotte County Registry Office is designated a Provincial Historic Site because it was a notable civic building in the Loyalist history of Saint Andrews. Erected several decades after the arrival of the Loyalists, its construction was in response to a growing need to properly house the vital records of the Loyalist families and other settlers.

The Charlotte County Registry Office is also designated as a good example of a civic building architecture of the period. The building was constructed in two stages; the main part as a single storey in 1837 and an addition in 1887. Simple in design, the structure was built with functionality, rather than grandeur, in mind. It does, however feature many traditional elements of Georgian architecture, namely the hipped roof, square massing and the simple eaves with dentils.

The character-defining elements  include:

• its historic context on King Street;
• two-storey square massing;
• hipped roof;
• centrally located corbel chimney;
• red brick exterior walls;
• brick dentils and corbel bands below moulded eaves;
• window shutters on the side elevations;
• symmetrical placement of rectangular and segmented arch windows with brick headers;
• location on historic King Street in proximity to the Charlotte County Courthouse;
• off-centre main entrance featuring wooden door and door shutters.

​Architectural Style: Georgian
Other Names: Crocker Hill Store
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Source: Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport - Heritage Branch - Site File: Vol. I - 12765-4/D, 5​