Mounce Mansion - The Honeymoon House

Located in Newport Landing, N.S. the Mounce Mansion is not only a beautiful example of craftsmanship, it is also home to a tragic love story, that some say still haunts the home to this very day.  

Thomas and Annie were married in 1909, and went on an extended honeymoon, which took them around the world and kept them away for two years. 

While they traveled, a grand new home was being built for them, up on a hill overlooking the valley. 

The house was Victorian in design, and the entrance foyer featured fancy beveled glass with lead beading. The Queen Anne reception area featured hand carved oak newel posts and stairwell, an oak paneled ceiling, and the interior hand carved column tops which matched the column tops on the exterior veranda of the house. One can only imagine the joy and excitement on their return to Avondale, and moving into their new home.

A year after they returned, Thomas and Annie celebrated the birth of a little girl, but the child was born with a defect and only lived less than a year. That was only the beginning of their trouble for Annie was diagnosed as having a serious case of tuberculosis. 

After Thomas' wife Annie developed tuberculosis the decision was made to travel to a sanatorium in New York State. It was thought that the climate would be helpful in curing TB, but Annie unfortunately didn't make it back home. 

It is rumored that Thomas never quite recovered from her death and spent the rest of his days forlorn, sitting in the front upstairs window of their "Honeymoon House" overlooking the road, waiting to see her appear along the crest of the hill. 

Some have claimed to have seen his likeness in that window from time to time, waiting for his bride to return.

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Story submitted by

Tacha Reed

Avondale, Nova Scotia

Photo credit: Avon River Heritage Society Museum

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