258 Montague Street - Parr Division
The Dr. Gove Residence is designated a Local Historic Place for its architecture, and for its association with Dr. Gove.
The Dr. Gove Residence is an excellent example of the Italianate style. The residence has a bell-cast roof with paired brackets. The central bay of residence expresses Italianate architecture through an oval arched entranceway with oval arched sidelights. Paired oval arch openings align above the entrance and below the dormer window in the slope of the bell-cast roof.
The Dr. Gove Residence was built circa 1848 for Dr. Samuel T. Gove. In 1849 he took charge of the neighbouring Marine Hospital. Dr. Gove was born in Gagetown, New Brunswick, in 1813 and moved with his family to Saint John as a toddler. He graduated at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, England, in 1833. He came to St. Andrews in 1839 and had a very successful practice. He was a director of the Charlotte County Bank, and a stock holder and director of the English Railway. He was coroner in Charlotte County of over 35 years. In having a charge of the quarantine affairs of the port of St. Andrews he had dangerous encounters with the risk of contracting fatal illnesses. When the ship “Star” arrived in 1847 nine-tenths of her 200 or more passengers were sick of fever and were placed on nearby Quarantine Island where between 75 and 100 of them died. Dr. Gove and other doctors were stricken down with the Typhus at the same time but recovered. Dr. Gove passed away here in 1897.
Through most of the first part of the 20th century this was the home of James Frederick Worrell who came to St. Andrews in 1889 at the age of 11. He attended the Baltimore School of Dentistry and practiced in St. Andrews and Eastport, Maine, for many years. He passed away here in 1951.
Today, it is the Montague Rose Inn, a popular accommodations business and tea house.
The character-defining elements of the property include:
Architectural Style: Italianate
Other Names: Montague Rose
Source: Charlotte County Archives, Old Gaol - St. Andrews
The Dr. Gove Residence is an excellent example of the Italianate style. The residence has a bell-cast roof with paired brackets. The central bay of residence expresses Italianate architecture through an oval arched entranceway with oval arched sidelights. Paired oval arch openings align above the entrance and below the dormer window in the slope of the bell-cast roof.
The Dr. Gove Residence was built circa 1848 for Dr. Samuel T. Gove. In 1849 he took charge of the neighbouring Marine Hospital. Dr. Gove was born in Gagetown, New Brunswick, in 1813 and moved with his family to Saint John as a toddler. He graduated at the Royal College of Surgeons in London, England, in 1833. He came to St. Andrews in 1839 and had a very successful practice. He was a director of the Charlotte County Bank, and a stock holder and director of the English Railway. He was coroner in Charlotte County of over 35 years. In having a charge of the quarantine affairs of the port of St. Andrews he had dangerous encounters with the risk of contracting fatal illnesses. When the ship “Star” arrived in 1847 nine-tenths of her 200 or more passengers were sick of fever and were placed on nearby Quarantine Island where between 75 and 100 of them died. Dr. Gove and other doctors were stricken down with the Typhus at the same time but recovered. Dr. Gove passed away here in 1897.
Through most of the first part of the 20th century this was the home of James Frederick Worrell who came to St. Andrews in 1889 at the age of 11. He attended the Baltimore School of Dentistry and practiced in St. Andrews and Eastport, Maine, for many years. He passed away here in 1951.
Today, it is the Montague Rose Inn, a popular accommodations business and tea house.
The character-defining elements of the property include:
- massing
- hipped roof with paired brackets under eaves;
- dormer with rounded roof
- two over two windows with shutters
- brackets with drop finials under eaves
- wide fascia
- two vertical windows, with Roman arched transoms, above entranceway (moulded Roman arch caps)
- long ornate brackets support roof over entrance
- Roman arched entranceway with Roman arched sidelights
- balustrade railings at entrance landing
- window placement and proportions
- wood plank siding (Very old siding)
- wood door
Architectural Style: Italianate
Other Names: Montague Rose
Source: Charlotte County Archives, Old Gaol - St. Andrews
