Resulting from the amalgamation of two early eighteenth-century houses, it is the only Acadian building in the Annapolis Royal region to have survived from before the Great Upheaval (1750-1780).

The Sinclair Inn is located at 230 St. George Street in downtown Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada.

[2] In 1738, Skene House hosted the first meeting of a Masonic lodge in Canada, founded by Erasmus James Philipps, a member of the Nova Scotia Council.

[2][3] Sinclair also decided to build a second story on Skene House, giving the inn its current shape.

Just before 1800, Frederick Sinclair announced his desire to return to Hanover and put his properties in Annapolis and Granville up for sale.

Unable to pay the mortgage, Bishop declared bankruptcy, and the inn was sold at auction to Haligonian merchants Alexander McLeod, Thomas Bayne, and John W. Sinclair for 130 pounds.

In 1910, David sold the Inn to William 'Bill' Edwards and moved to British Columbia to run a hotel and then go into ranching.

Bill Edwards was an eccentric character who owned a pet monkey, which the Annapolis Spectator newspaper had fun describing.

[3]There is little information about the history of the inn, which was owned by James and Lalia Wallace from Middleton, Nova Scotia.

In addition to the inn, he bought land for a filling station, which he leased from Irving Oil in the late 1930s.

Although he sold alcohol at his service station, he was a sober man and the Sinclair Inn did not have a liquor license.

[3] In 1981, in recognition of the building's historic value, the National Trust for Canada purchased the inn and restored the deteriorating structure.

[2] Built between 1808 and 1810, the Sinclair Inn is the only surviving Acadian structure in the Annapolis Royal region from before the Great Upheaval.

[7] By incorporating two buildings, the inn blends Acadian architecture techniques with English vernacular styles.

[7] On the interior walls of the cob section, a thin layer of clay or mud was added to give the smoothest possible finish.

From the early eighteenth century onwards, plaster was laid on laths as a more effective method of reducing the amount of cold air entering the building.

In the summer of 2016, the Annapolis Heritage Society hired an expert to remove the wallpaper, revealing the full extent of the paintings.