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 [2000 - 141])

(D) FRONTING RUE DAUPHINE

Fronting Rue Dauphine opposite Block Thirteen, the following development occurred:

BLOCK THIRTEEN

PERIMETER PROPERTY FENCES

(a) First Significant Fronting Rue Dauphine Description: - 1724: Map

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

(c) Frontage Dimension(s):  

- 180 pieds: 1717

- 175 pieds: 1722 

- 174 pieds: 1734 

(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 Dauphine west left aisle/left pavilion to the south and the stables/storehouse/menagerie 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The King's Hospital - A Structural History of Louisbourg's Block 13 Royal Hospital, 1713-1760, Fortress of Louisbourg Unpublished Report (August 21, 2000)

BLOCK FOURTEEN

LOT A

(a) First Significant Fronting Rue Dauphine Description: - 1720: Concession 

(b) Concession Date(s): - September 15, 1720 

(c) Frontage Dimension(s): - 90 pieds: 1734 

(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - c. 1720-1722:

Mature Construction Footprint - The face of a property [c. 1720-1722] south of the corner building 

(2) Phase Two - c. 1726-1730:

Mature Construction Footprint - The face of a building [c. 1726-1730] - with, to the north, the face of a yard between it and the north corner building 

(e) Building Type(s):  

(1) Property 

(2) Wooden 

(f) Function(s):  

(1) Property 

(2) [Residence] 

(g) Notable Event(s): - In 1767, the house was inhabited and by 1768 had, for the most part, its floors, partitions and windows taken away for fuel

(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1768: A standing building

(i) Block Report: - N/A

LOT G 

(a) First Significant Fronting Rue Dauphine Description: - 1720: Map 

(b) Concession Date(s): - November 1, 1721 

(c) Frontage Dimension(s):  

- 84 pieds: 1721

- 84 pieds: 1734

(d) Frontage Construction Date(s)/Dimension(s): (1) Phase One - 1719:

Mature Construction Footprint - The face of a property [1719]

(2) Phase Two - 1722-1723:

Mature Construction Footprint - The face of a yard [1722-1723] north of the corner building

(3) Phase Three - c. 1726-1730:

Mature Construction Footprint - The gable end of a building [c. 1726-1730] - with, to the south, the face of a yard between it and the corner building 

(4) Phase Four - Before 1768:

Mature Construction Footprint - The face of a small, separate building [before 1767] or of a building [1768] attached to the Lot A building to the north - with, to the south, the face of a yard between it and the corner building

(e) Building Type(s):  

(1) Undeveloped

(2) Yard 

(3) N/A

(4) Wooden

(f) Function(s): 

(1) Undeveloped

(2) Yard

(3) Stable

(4) Store or stable

(g) Notable Event(s): - In 1767, an occupied, separate store or stable which, in 1768, was attached to the Lot A building to the north and had, for the most part, its floors, partitions and windows taken away for fuel

(h) Last Significant Feature Description: - 1768: A standing building

(i) Block Report: - N/A