Quaker Whaler House

{{Short description|House in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada}}

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The Quaker Whaler House is the oldest building in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (1785).[http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3066 Historic Places Canada] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225195340/http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3066 |date=December 25, 2014 }} Built by William Ray, a Quaker and cooper from Nantucket who moved to Dartmouth in 1785-86 as a whaler. Its materials and construction methods closely resembles Quaker architecture in Nantucket, such as the asymmetrical facade design and stone foundation.[http://www.dartmouthheritagemuseum.ns.ca/quaker-house/ Dartmouth Heritage Museum] The Quakers settled in Dartmouth for six years (1786-1792) before many of them left for England. The most well-known Quaker was abolitionist Lawrence Hartshorne.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/cihm_09015#page/n33/mode/1up/search/quakers|isbn = 9780665090158|title = History of the townships of Dartmouth, Preston and Lawrencetown, Halifax county, N.S. [microform] : (Akins historical prize essay)|year = 1893}}