The Chester post office is a breath of fresh air for its unusual architecture, with a corner entrance highlighted by a broad and squat clock tower. A brick building, it retains its original wood framed windows, while above the hexagonal clock tower is capped with a relatively low hexagonal roof with metal roofing. The clock is set above the entrance on the face of the tower 45° to the building. Made by IBM, the single clock face is set in a rough concrete surround just below the cornice. The ages of both building and clock are unknown to us.
In Chester one will find a number of interesting things to see, including the 1913
Chester United Baptist Church, the 1881
St. Peter's Lutheran Church and the 1840
St. Stephen's Anglican Church, all three Nova Scotia Heritage Properties. Down on the waterfront is the
Chester Yacht Club, with a
Webcam to allow one to check the weather before heading in that direction. The visitors' centre is housed in the old
Chester Train Station, another heritage property built circa 1905. Also on the waterfront is the
Rope Loft Restaurant, one of the oldest buildings still in commercial use in Nova Scotia. Their building, built circa 1813, remains essentially as it was when built. In all, chester is possessed of no less than
25 Heritage Properties.