Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

n/a

Historic Significance

Architectural description:

This is a 1 1/2 story, side- or eave-entry pole barn with ten open-bays on its main facade facing southeast and its ridge line running southwest-northeast, perpendicular to Kahn Street. The southwest gable-facade’s sheathing is deteriorating at the grade and missing in places across the facade. There appears to have been either a window or door on the northwestern-most end just below the girt line siding divide. The northwest eave-facade appears to have a single row of window openings spread across the facade. The barn has vertical siding with weathered white paint and what appears to be a tin roof.

Historical significance:

Most ground level stable barns and freestall dairy barns built since the 1970s have no hayloft. Instead, the roofs are supported by prefabricated wooden trusses covered with metal roofing. While most single-story truss-roofed barns in New England are constructed with concrete foundations and stud-framed walls, pole barns with open sides are becoming popular, especially for sheltering large herds of dairy cows, heifers, and beef cattle. Many of these large truss-roofed structures are free-stall barns, introduced in the late 1940s. 

Field Notes

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Use (Historic)

• agriculture

Use (Present)

• unknown

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Unknown

Related features

• Barn
• Silo

Environment features

• Active Agriculture
• Residential
• Scattered Buildings

Relationship to surroundings

This is one of three barns on the property situated east, behind the other agricultural buildings. The barn faces southwest with its ridge line running southwest-northeast, perpendicular to Kahn Street. There are two silos situated northwest of the barn. There appears to be scattered buildings northeast and southeast of the barn.

Building Typology

• English

Materials

• Vertical Siding

Structural System

• Pole Barn

Roof materials

• Tin

Roof type

• Gable

Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

06/29/2010

Compiled By

S. Lessard and T. Levine, reviewed by CT Trust.

Sources

Photographs by Rick Spencer (rspencer02@snet.net)- 12/9/2010

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.