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George Pearce’s Root Cellar, Elliston

George Pearce’s Root Cellar is also commonly referred to as Rex Chaulk’s Root Cellar. Built in 1859, this hillside cellar has a small portion of its stacked stone […]

Tom Porter’s Root Cellar, Elliston

Tom Porter’s hillside root cellar was built in 1879 and features a stone exterior and wooden door on its exterior. This cellar has an interesting piece of local […]

Newman and Company Root Cellar, Harbour Breton, Newfoundland

Now in ruins, the Newman and Company’s root cellar was a two storey building constructed on their plantation. It was partially dug into a hillside; the lower storey […]

Newman and Company Root Cellar, Harbour Breton, Newfoundland

Now in ruins, the Newman and Company’s root cellar was a two storey building constructed on their plantation. It was partially dug into a hillside; the lower storey […]

Newman and Company Root Cellar, Harbour Breton, Newfoundland

Now in ruins, the Newman and Company’s root cellar was a two storey building constructed on their plantation. It was partially dug into a hillside; the lower storey […]

The Twin Cellars, Elliston

The “Twin Cellars,” also known as the “Upstairs-Downstairs,” are hillside root cellars built in 1915 by Jim and Dan Goodland. These hillside cellars are constructed of a stacked […]

Traditional Root Cellar Interior Layout

Depiction of the interior vegetable storage space layout of a root cellar.

Bryant’s Cove Root Cellar

This root cellar is an example of a rarer type of root cellar found in Newfoundland, a dual entrance cellar. There are two ground level entry doors shown, […]

Jugglers Cove Root Cellar, Bay Roberts

The Jugglers Cove Root Cellar eight years after it was originally restored.

Stage Seven: Jugglers Cove Restoration

The final stage of this restoration was tidying up the external appearance of the cellar. This included painting the exterior of the shed and the shed door bright […]

Stage Six: Jugglers Cove Restoration

The second last step in this cellar restoration was to fully complete the construction of the wooden shed. At this point, the walls are finished, the clapboard siding […]

Stage Five: Jugglers Cove Restoration

The fifth stage in this restoration was completing the structural foundations for the shed. This included the walls and building the entire roof.