Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• Local Historic District
• National Register
• State Register

Historic Significance

n/a

Field Notes

Smith Brothers/Sea Coast Oyster Company barn, 19th century. Moses Price, an Afro-American resident of the area, ran a restaurant here in the early 20th century. http://www.citypointnewhavenconnecticut.net/moses_price_1st_black_shopkeeper Oyster Point Historic District No. 89001085 Oyster Point; City Point See Stonington, Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Ave. for the Thomas Oyster Co. shed relocated from New Haven.

Use (Historic)

• workspace

Use (Present)

• unknown

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Unknown

Related features

• Barn
• Other

Environment features

• Commercial
• High Density
• Residential

Relationship to surroundings

Historic oystering community on a spit of land projecting into Long Island Sound, now filled land has swallowed most of the peninsula.

Building Typology

• Other Shed

Materials

• Vertical Siding

Structural System

• Wood Frame

Roof materials

• Asphalt Shingle
• Built Up

Roof type

• Gable
• Shed

Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

02/17/2010

Compiled By

Charlotte Hitchcock

Sources

http://www.citypointnewhavenconnecticut.net/moses_price_1st_black_shopkeeper
Christopher Schaeffer

Cunningham, Jan, National Register of Historic Places, Oyster Point Historic District, Nomination #412247, 1989. Item No. 89001085 NRIS (National Register Information System)

Local Historic District - City Point Historic District, 2001.
http://www.historicdistrictsct.org/maps/HistPropList_3.htm