Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

n/a

Historic Significance

Architectural description:

This is a 1 – story gable-entry semi-subterranean barn with a gable-roof addition on its west gable-side. The ridge line of the barn runs east-west perpendicular to the road. The main façade of the barn is the west gable-side of the gable-roof addition with the main entrance at the center through an overhead garage door and a window centered in the gable attic. Both the gable attics of the west gable-façade of the gable-roof addition and the west gable-side of the main barn have vinyl siding while the rest of the façade has cement-plastered masonry wall. The north eave-side of the gable-roof addition has an entrance at the center through a hinged pass-through door.  The grade level on either side of the main façade rises towards the east, covering the eave-sides of the main barn.
The barn and the gable-roof addition have cement plastered masonry walls with vinyl siding on the gable attics and asphalt shingle roofing.

Historical significance:

A frost-free subterranean room for storing vegetables through the winter, located in a barn basement or in a free-standing structure consisting of a below-grade cellar with roof.

Field Notes

The address is approximate. It is located on the east side of Wapping Road between Miller Road and Rockville Road.

Use (Historic)

• agriculture

Use (Present)

• unknown

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

1

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Unknown

Related features

n/a

Environment features

• Residential
• Rural
• Woodland

Relationship to surroundings

The 0.17 acres property, Map Number - 36 68 029, is towards the east of Wapping Road. The land with outbuildings is situated in a pre-dominantly residential area of rural character. Residential plots can be seen towards the south and the west of the property across Wapping Road, while parcels of farm land with barns can be seen towards the north.

The barn is located towards the western edge of the property, abutting to Wapping Road. The ridge line of the barn runs east-west perpendicular to the road. The rest of the property is covered by dense woodland.

Building Typology

• Other Shed

Materials

• Concrete
• Vinyl Siding

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Structural System

• Load-bearing Masonry

Roof materials

• Asphalt Shingle
• Other

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Roof type

• Gable

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Approximate Dimensions

Barn: 3072 SqFt, Circa 1950

Date Compiled

12/04/2010

Compiled By

T. Levine and M. Patnaik, reviewed by CT Trust

Sources

Photographs and field-notes provided by – John E. Harmon

Assessors’ records retrieved on December 4th, 2010 from website http://www.equalitycama.com/ 

GIS information retrieved on December 4th, 2010 from website http://www.crcog.org/gissearch/

Photograph/Information retrieved on December 4th, 2010 from website http://www.google.com

Information retrieved on December 4th, 2010 from website http://www.zillow.com

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.