Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• National Register

Historic Significance

n/a

Field Notes

The windmill stands on the former Frederic Bronson property, "Verna Farm." It was erected in 1893-94 by a company carrying the following letterhead: "The Corcoran Storm-Defying Windmills, Pumps and water supply materials, Windmills for Export, No. 11 John Street, New York. Factory, Jersey City, NJ." The Bronson windmill with its large wooden tank in the 80-foot tower and underground cistern, was the principal water source for the large dairy farm and great mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt in 1891 (Bly, Section 7). Restored in 1974, owned by the Town of Fairfield on the campus of Fairfield Country Day School.

Use (Historic)

• dairy

Use (Present)

• unknown

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Unknown

Related features

n/a

Environment features

Relationship to surroundings

n/a

Building Typology

• Other Shed

Materials

• Wood Shingle

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Structural System

n/a

Roof materials

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Roof type

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Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

08/02/2011

Compiled By

Charlotte Hitchcock

Sources

Aerial views from:
http://www.bing.com/maps/ accessed 8/02/2011.

Bly, William B. III, Bronson Windmill National Register Nomination No. 71000896, National Park Service, 1971.

Historic American Building Survey, Survey number HABS CT-325.

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, 213 pages.