Barn Record Ellington
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- Overview
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Designations
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Historic Significance
Architectural description:
This is a 1 1/2 story side or eave-entry tripartite barn with a gable-roofed addition. The main facade faces southeast and the ridge-line of the barn is parallel to this portion of Maple Street, which runs approximately southwest-northeast. The main entry is a pair double-height swinging hinged doors in the middle of three bays. Above the entry is a fourteen-pane transom. The easternmost bay has a pass-through door towards the south corner. Between the pass-through door and main entry is a blue tarp, possible covering a window. The southernmost bay has a gable-roofed addition extending to the southeast. The addition is a two car garage. The ridge-line of the addition is flush with the southwest gable-facade, which is blank. The northeast gable-facade of the barn has a four-pane window with trim in the gable attic. The roof of the barn has a series of solar panels on the southeast pitch of the roof. The roof has asphalt shingles an a projecting overhang. The barn has vertical flush-board painted red with white trim.
Historical significance:
The oldest barns still found in the state are called the “English Barn,” “side-entry barn,” “eave entry,” or a 30 x 40. They are simple buildings with rectangular plan, pitched gable roof, and a door or doors located on one or both of the eave sides of the building based on the grain warehouses of the English colonists’ homeland. The name “30 by 40” originates from its size (in feet), which was large enough for 1 family and could service about 100 acres. The multi-purpose use of the English barn is reflected by the building’s construction in three distinct bays - one for each use. The middle bay was used for threshing, which is separating the seed from the stalk in wheat and oat by beating the stalks with a flail. The flanking bays would be for animals and hay storage.
Field Notes
1 barn, House with plaque 1842 Listed as a contributing resource in the Ellington Center National Register District: c. 1910 V 1-story frame building with vertical siding.
- Use & Accessibility
Use (Historic)
Use (Present)
Exterior Visible from Public Road?
Yes
Demolished
n/a
Location Integrity
Unknown
- Environment
Related features
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Environment features
Relationship to surroundings
The barn is behind and to the northwest of the house it is associated with. The ridge-line of the house is perpendicular to the ridge-line of the barn. To the northeast of the house is a yard. Adjacent to the bran to the northeast is an in-ground pool. To the northwest of the site is a very large tract of open space. To the northeast is a school. The area is residential, open space and agriculture.
- Typology & Materials
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Building Typology
Materials
Structural System
Roof materials
Roof type
Approximate Dimensions
896 S.F.
- Source
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Date Compiled
08/05/2010
Compiled By
Todd Levine, reveiwed by the Connecticut Trust
Sources
Photographs and field notes by Carol Roffey.
Sexton, James, PhD; Survey Narrative of the Connecticut Barn, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Hamden, CT, 2005, http://www.connecticutbarns.org/history.
Visser, Thomas D.,Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings, University Press of New England, 1997.
Map of the Ellington, CT, retrieved on August 5, 2010 from website www.zillow.com.
Vision Appraisal Online Database. www.visionappraisal.com/ellingtonct.
Ransom, David, National Register of Historic Places Nomination #415156, 11/15/1990. Item No. 90001754 NRIS (National Register Information System)
http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/90001754.pdf
http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Photos/90001754.pdf - PhotosClick on image to view full file
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