REPORT 2000 - 141

PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS FRONTING
  RUE ROYALLE AND RUE D'ORLÉANS 
(INCLUDING RUE D'ESTRÉES AND RUE DAUPHINE FRONTING BLOCK THIRTEEN) 
LOUISBOURG: 1713 - 1960

BY

ERIC KRAUSE

KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS

AUGUST 21, 2000

(FORTRESS OF LOUISBOURG
REPORT: HB701K72000)

(C) FRONTING RUE D'ESTREES

Fronting Rue d'Estrées opposite Block Thirteen, the following development occurred:

BLOCK TWELVE

LOT A

(a) First Significant Fronting Rue D'Estrées Description: - 1722: Concession

(b) Concession Date(s):  

- June 21, 1722

- October 21, 1722

(c) Frontage Dimension(s):  

- 175 pieds: 1722

- 174 pieds: 1734

(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - c. 1725:

Mature Construction Footprint - The face of a yard [c. 1725] - with the face of a gateway next to the north corner building - and the face of a garden [c. 1725] to the south, between the corner building and Rue d'Orléans

(2) Phase Two - c. 1759-1767

Mature Construction Footprint - The face of a garden [c. 1759-1767] between the corner building and Rue d'Orléans

(e) Building Type(s):  

(1) Garden

(2) Garden

(f) Function(s):  

1) Garden

(2) Garden

(g) Notable Event(s): - In 1728, the garden was staffed by a gardener

(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1767: A garden

(i) Block Report: - N/A

BLOCK THIRTEEN

PERIMETER PROPERTY FENCES

(a) First Significant Fronting Rue D'Estrées Description: - 1724: Map

(b) Concession Date(s): - March 5, 1721: Ordonnance

(c) Frontage Dimension(s): 

- 180 pieds: 1717 [all of Rue d'Estrées]

- 175 pieds: 1722 [all of Rue d'Estrées]

- 174 pieds: 1734 [all of Rue d'Estrées]

(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/Dimension(s): (1) Phase - 1724:

Mature Construction Footprint - The face of a fence [1724] located between the Rue d'Orléans/Rue d'Estrées east right aisle/right pavilion to the south and the bakery/wash-house pavilion to the north

(e) Building Type(s): (1) Rubble stone

(f) Function(s): (1) Perimeter property fence

(g) Notable Event(s): - N/A

(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1767: A standing fence

(i) Block Report: - For construction, maintenance, and other details please see:

(i) Eric Krause, The King's Hospital - A Structural History of Louisbourg's Block 13 Royal Hospital, 1713-1760, Fortress of Louisbourg Unpublished Report (August 21, 2000)