Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• State Register

Historic Significance

n/a

Field Notes

Cunningham, Jan, National Register Study Report for Fairfield State Hospital, 1999. SHPO list "State-owned Buildings Listed on the State Register of Historic Places" See entry for 4 Wildlife Drive, Inv.#47, and 35 Queen Street, Staff House #39 Inventory Items in Cunningham Study Report: #34-35 Staff House #120, 19th c. vernacular, house c. 1865, barn c. 1860 – possibly the Connors Big Barn and Shed listed on SHPO list? – South Mile Hill Road south of Wasserman Way #38-39 Staff House #122, William F. Primrose House/Barn, vernacular Greek Revival, house c. 1860, barn c. 1880 – Wasserman Way east of Nunnawauk Road #45 Abattoir (slaughterhouse), 1940, Bureau of Public Works (BPW) – Old Farm Road – possibly demolished #47 Cow & Dairy Barn, 1940, BPW – 4 Wildlife Drive – re-use by 2nd Company Governor’s Horseguard #49 Greenhouse, c. 1940 – Wildlife Drive #56 Piggery, 1940, BPW – Wildlife Drive/Craft Street – reuse by CT Army National Guard Working Dog Unit #60 Root cellar, 1936 – Wildlife Drive/Craft Street #63 Shed/barn, c. 1870 – Wildlife Drive/Craft Street

Use (Historic)

• agriculture

Use (Present)

• re-use

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Original Site

Related features

• Barn
• Other
• Shed

Environment features

• Active Agriculture
• Commercial
• Open Land

Relationship to surroundings

n/a

Building Typology

• Gambrel
• Ground-Level Stable
• Other Shed

Materials

• Concrete
• Horizontal Siding

Structural System

• Load-bearing Masonry
• Wood Frame

Roof materials

• Asphalt Shingle
• Built Up

Roof type

• Gable
• Gambrel
• Shed

Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

04/12/2012

Compiled By

Charlotte Hitchcock

Sources

Cunningham, Jan, National Register Study Report for Fairfield State Hospital, 1999.
SHPO list “State-owned Buildings Listed on the State Register of Historic Places”