The jewel in the crown of this splendid building is the 12 over 12 sash windows flanking the central door (where in most Neoclassical design would favour sidelights) with the second floor duplicated for symmetry. Usually, Neoclassical houses follow the form of its earlier interpretation, the Georgian (which the original 1815 house in the rear did) with a typical five-bay symmetry. However, in this case the house is decidedly asymmetrical with the central window and door arrangement.
Category: Cooper’s Canada
An Amazing PEI Restoration
The Doucet House (1772) sits just to the right of The Farmers’ Bank and, boy, did my jaw drop!