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Hotel Aberdeen and Branch of Union Bank of Halifax, Aberdeen Street, Kentville

Second Empire buildings, 1860-1890, include the following characteristics:

- wood, brick construction
- Two or three storeys. "L" shaped or rectangular
- all have mansard roofs, pierced with dormers, steeply pitched, covered in slate or shingles
- usually with centered doorway with tower, rectangular transoms and side lights, and bay windows one or two storeys high

Date: [ca.1900]

Photographer: J.A. Irvine

Reference: J.A. Irvine Nova Scotia Archives album 36 photo 7 / negative N-5759

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