Anderson House

Anderson House is a wooden two-and-a-half-story building with a hip roof and symmetrical front at Powers Court. Inside, original features remain including a large kitchen fireplace, traditional mantels, narrow clapboard siding, and wooden roof shingles.

The building was constructed around 1804 as a residence for Sergeant James Anderson and later served military officers as barracks. This makes it an important example of the city's early architecture.

The house is named after an early resident and reflects how prosperous families lived in the early 1800s. Visitors can observe how the balanced design and careful craftsmanship showed the homeowner's social standing.

The house is located in a residential neighborhood and is easy to spot from the street. Visitors should remember this is a heritage site and treat the surroundings with respect.

Hip-roofed buildings became rare in the city after the great fire of 1816, making this house a surviving example from that era. Its survival shows what St. John's architecture looked like before devastating fires reshaped the city.