Inside Island Heritage

Homes

The exhibition Inside Island Heritage Homes presents images of the interiors of houses built on PEI from the early 1770s to 1955. The focus is on the various architectural styles of the houses and the architectural details of the interiors found in those houses, say co-curators James Macnutt and Jack C. Whytock.

The images are selected from a collection of 7,000 photographs recently taken under the auspices of the Institute of Island Architectural Studies and Conservation. The houses included reflect a province-wide distribution of excellence in PEI’s architectural heritage. They demonstrate the extraordinary skills of the master craftsmen who worked on the houses and the talent, training and artistic sophistication of the architects who designed them.

Some of the 19 styles represented are Acadian (the Doucette House in South Rustico), Georgian (the Keir House in Malpeque), Regency (Fanningbank in Charlottetown), Gothic Revival (the Bishop’s Palace in Charlottetown) and Queen Anne Revival (Dalvay House).

Inside Island Heritage Homes opens October 4 and runs to December 24.

image: H.E. Hyndman House