Ceravolo Farm - 2 of 2 (267 Candlewood Road, Groton (Eastern Coastal Slope))

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Building Name (Common)

Ceravolo Farm - 2 of 2

Building Name (Historic)

Ceravolo Farm

Address

267 Candlewood Road, Groton

Typology

Carriage House

Overview

Designations

n/a

Historic Significance

Architectural description:

This is a 1 1/2 story carriage house. The main facade faces south. The main entry is a pair of hinged swinging doors, each with eight window panes in the top half of the doors. In the gable attic are a pair of six-over-six double hung windows. The gable attic the barn has wood shingles (either un-painted or the paint has faded). The rest of the structure is mortared cobblestone.

Historical significance:

Until the 1830’s, the horses used for riding and driving carriages were often kept in the main barn along with the other farm animals. By the 1850’s, some New England farmers built separate horse stables and carriage houses. Early carriage houses were built just to shelter a carriage and perhaps a sleigh, but no horses. The pre-cursor to the twentieth-century garage, these outbuildings are distinguished by their large hinged doors, few windows, and proximity to the dooryard. The combined horse stable and carriage house continued to be a common farm building through the second half of the nineteenth century and the first decade of the twentieth century, until automobiles became common.

Field Notes

The original owners' house is located on Candlewood Road next to, on the east side, Bob's Auto at 277 Candlewood Road. According to Joe Garrett, a neighbor who lives in one of the houses that was once part of the Ceravolo Farm, (Joe purchased the house & chicken coop from Dominick Ceravolo now deceased)the barn was built for Mr. Ceravolo in the 1930s. Joe is in discussion with the current owner to purchase the barn and gave us a tour of it. The farm was a truck farm growing vegetables, asparagus, apples. Mr. Ceravolo kept chickens & the barn was a dairy barn. The barn is located in a commercial & residential environment. It is a Gambrel wood frame structure sided with the original wood shingles, has a concrete floor & asphalt shingled roof. It is deteriorating & surrounded by brush. It is currently owned by a company that has had plans to develop the property. Adjacent to the barn is a stone garage with an interesting feature. A flat thick stone was built into each side in the front for Mrs Ceravolo to place flower pots upon. These photographs are of the Gambrel roof construction & the stone garage adjacent to the barn.

Use & Accessibility

Use (Historic)

carriage barn

Use (Present)

unknown

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Unknown

Environment

Related features

n/a

Environment features

Relationship to surroundings

The carriage house is to the north east of the house it belonged to; the gambrel barn mentioned in the noted is just north of that. to the south west is the auto mechanic with a large fenced area filled with cars. to the north west is a large expansion of open space.

Typology & Materials