146-148 Carmarthen St.
Built circa 1883, 146-148 Carmarthen Street is a three-storey wooden Italianate building with an off-centre dual entrance and a three-bay plan on the front façade. It is located on Carmarthen Street between Duke and Orange streets. It has the classic overhanging roof supported by scrolled brackets, cornice decorated with dentils. The upper windows feature original pediments, and the off centre entrance has rectangular transom windows and three wooden pilasters with scrolled brackets supporting an entablature with dentils. This building is recognized as an expression of the significance of the rebuilding of Saint John after the Great Saint John Fire of 1877.
This building is one of a collection of residential and commercial Italianate and Second Empire buildings that were built after two thirds of the City of Saint John were destroyed by the fire. This home has cultural value as an example of the good quality housing available in the South End of Saint John to meet the need for short-term transitional residences by people such as sea captains and tug boat owners.
