Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• National Register

Historic Significance

n/a

Field Notes

Farm under the same family's ownership since 1742. Property consists of Colonial House (1815); English style barn , 1811(drive through with bays on each side) with additions for cows, box stalls, and bull pen; "Motorhouse"; Milk house/ice house (1800s); horse barn (1800s); and tobacco barn with shop shed addition (1800s). Property has 13 acres of west side of Cherry Brook Road (CT. Route 179) with extensive stream frontage and 60 acres on east side of road consisting of open meadows and timber. Buildings are in need of extensive repairs but retain most of their original features. Elderly family owners sell Christmas trees and timber but are faced with disposing of the property for development unless development rights are sold. Town of Canton made an offer (since withdrawn) to do this but owners rejected the Town's terms as too restrictive to continue the farm as an agricultural operation. Disposition of farm and buildings uncertain as of now - 2007.

Use (Historic)

• dairy

Use (Present)

• unknown

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Unknown

Related features

• Barn

Environment features

• Residential
• Rural
• Woodland

Relationship to surroundings

n/a

Building Typology

• English

Materials

• Vertical Siding

Structural System

• Post & Beam
• Wood Frame

Roof materials

• Asphalt Shingle

Roof type

• Gable

Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

07/31/2007

Compiled By

Todd Levine

Sources

Field notes provided by Fred Humphrey 7/31/2007

Shannahan, John W, Canton Center Historic District National Register Nomination No. 97000831, National Park Service, 1997.