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Knaut–Rhuland House

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There are furnished rooms on the ground floor providing examples of the style of furnishings that would be known to the first two owners. An exhibition called "Our Spiritual Heritage" contains a display of old
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Upstairs, the exhibition gallery provides a history of Lunenburg from 1753 when the Foreign Protestants settled in the town and local area.
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in 1753. This exhibition contains display panels describing Lunenburg's churches, which are amongst the oldest in
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overhead. All windows are multi - paned six over six and many have the original old glass.
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that includes plants that would have been used by the early owners of the house to
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and a costume gallery with displays of original and replica clothing, and a small
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The foundation is stone, more than two feet thick, and is built around two
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The Knaut–Rhuland House also has a room containing artefacts from the
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The house is named for its first two owners. The first owner,
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Knaut-Rhuland House
Front facade of Knaut–Rhuland House
Map of Nova Scotia
House
Lunenburg
Nova Scotia
Canada
Coordinates
44°22′36.49″N 64°18′32.97″W / 44.3768028°N 64.3091583°W / 44.3768028; -64.3091583
National Historic Site of Canada
Nova Scotia Heritage Property Act
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Canada
National Historic Site of Canada
Heritage Property Act
World Heritage Site
Benjamin Knaut
sheriffs
trader
privateer
Conrad Rhuland
War of 1812
prize master
British Classicism
sidelights
transom window
chimneys
post and beam
split lath
Bibles

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