Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

n/a

Historic Significance

Insufficient data for inclusion in the State Historic Resource Inventory. (TL)

Field Notes

carriage house moved from Malabar Farm (1791) (barn from Malabar Farm was moved to Anthony Lane) Sign to the east identifies Malabar Farm. Malabar Farm site is adjacent to the east. In the 1930s on, Malabar Farm was the gentleman farm/country home of Malcom Goodwin and Barbara Ann Rohrback Goodwin. Barbara Ann was a graduate of UConn (then CT State Agricultural College. The Goodwins were real estate developers in the West Hartford and Clinton areas. At Malabar, they raised prize-winning sheep (Obituary of Barbara Ann Rohrbach Goodwin, Hartford Courant, Dec. 11, 1995).

Use (Historic)

• carriage barn

Use (Present)

• unknown

Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Moved

Related features

• Cupola

Environment features

• Residential
• Rural
• Woodland

Relationship to surroundings

n/a

Building Typology

• Carriage House

Materials

• Clapboard

Structural System

n/a

Roof materials

• Wood Shingle

Roof type

• Gable

Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

04/17/2010

Compiled By

S. Lessard

Sources

Field notes and photographs by Meg Parulis - 4/9/2010