HOUSE TOURS have returned to Amherst! Save the date!
Thursday, 4 - 8 pm October 16, 2025
In conjunction with the Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival, the
Cumberland Care Hospice Palliative Care Society Board (aka the Hospice) (a
non-profit organization) is holding a House Tour fundraising event! Mark your
calendars, and contact your friends and family, as the Hospice’s ‘Autumn in
Amherst’ throws open the doors to three lovely homes for viewing all decorated
with donated fibre art for display. Along the lines of past open houses in
which Amherst has been involved, these homeowners take great pride in having
you view their homes knowing ticket proceeds will go towards a much-needed
Hospice for Cumberland County. (They ask you bring a bag to place removed
footwear while viewing the homes.)
The Amherst homes are located at 9 Rupert Street, 131 Spring
Street, and 188 East Victoria Street.
Tickets are $15 and will be available towards the end of the
month at various locations, to be advised.
And here’s info on the residences to get you interested!
The Quigley House, 9 Rupert Street (Chris Johanneson
& Joy ‘The Body Oasis’)
The highly esteemed Dr. Quigley lived in this house while
practicing medicine in Amherst, hence it is frequently referred to as “The
Quigley House”. Built in 1905 with a strong symmetrical exterior it has a
central entrance flanked by two wide sidelights characteristic of the craftsman
style.
With five large solid wooden pocket doors on the main level
of this wondrous home, they easily divide the space into business and private
living spaces. Because of this, a single proprietor business, the Body
Oasis, is co-located there providing
personal, exclusive, and luxury holistic and wellness services for body, mind,
and soul. Joy, the owner of The Body Oasis has very kindly offered a gift
package as a raffle donation (included in your ticket price).
Welcome! Enjoy seeing why we love our home, our business
location and the home’s grounds and exterior as we do!
The Fishbowl, 113 Spring Street, (Danielle and Joshua
Shelley)
Built in 1907, this house started out as a single family
home but has also seen time as a bed & breakfast, a day care, and a
multi-tenant dwelling. Once known as Treen Mansion (when purchased in
2019), it had five full bathrooms over
three floors and one of the bedrooms sported its own toilet and sink. We were
mainly attracted to the house due to the number of large windows it boasts and
the resulting surfeit of natural light so we now affectionately refer to our
home as The Fishbowl. The house has also offered us the opportunity to indulge
in some of our interests: books, films, and gardening. After much effort and
remodelling over the past six years, we can promise anyone who has previously
visited the home will no longer recognize it.
Check out The Fishbowl!
Beausejour, 188 East Victoria Street (Cynthia and Trevor Prange)
A rare beauty and one of the few remaining red Sandstone
residences on the Canadian East Coast. This 3-storey red Sandstone mansion,
built in the Queen Anne style, undertook construction in 1905 and took two
years to complete. Commissioned by Harvey Hewson, a lawyer and owner of the
prosperous Hewson Woolen Mill, it was presented as a wedding gift for Harvey’s
bride Melissa Stewerts and named Beausejour, meaning "Beautiful
Stay".
The home is filled with intricate Victorian and Craftsman
style mahogany woodwork and soaring stained glass windows. The current owners
since 2021, Cynthia and Trevor, would like to invite you to tour their home as
enthusiastic supporters of the Fibre Arts Festival!
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