Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• Local Historic District
• National Register

Historic Significance

n/a

Field Notes

The Greek Revival house was built in ca. 1830 by Elishama Brandegee, Jr., along with its neighbor at 850 Worthington Ridge, also in the Greek Revival style. In the nineteenth century there was a mulberry orchard behind both houses which was used to feed silk worms. The Brandegees opened the Brandegee Thread Factory in East Berlin. Elishama Sr. was a Revolutionary soldier and a merchant who engaged in trade with the West Indies. Elishama Jr. owned a general merchandise store on Worthington Ridge, which was called Berlin Street at the time. Contributing resource in the Worthington Ridge Historic District.

Use (Historic)

• agriculture

Use (Present)

• unknown

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Unknown

Related features

• Barn

Environment features

• Residential

Relationship to surroundings

n/a

Building Typology

• English
• English/New England Hybrid

Materials

Structural System

n/a

Roof materials

Roof type

• Gable

Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

05/27/2011

Compiled By

Amy Prescher - CH

Sources

Clouette, Bruce, and Roth, Matthew, Worthington Ridge Historic District National Register Nomination No. 89000925, National Park Service, 1989.

Local Historic District, Berlin Historic District 1974, http://gis1.students.ccsu.edu/HistDist/Berlin%20Historic%20District.htm -2011.