Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

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Historic Significance

Architectural description:

This is a 1-story saltbox-roofed shed. The main facade faces northeast, perpendicular to Beaver Brook Road, which runs northwest-southeast. The main entry is a pair of sliding doors; the easternmost door on an exterior track and the northernmost door on an interior track. The rest of the northeast gable-facade is blank. The southeast eave-facade has a saltbox roof with two arch bays open to the southeast. The southwest gable-northwest facade is blank. The northwest eave-facade has a pair of two-pane windows. The northeast gable-facade and the northwest eave-facade are clad in horizontal log veneer; the southeast eave-facade and southwest gable-facade have vertical flush-board painted red, as are the sliding doors in the northeast gable-facade. Concrete block masonry construction can be seen inside the bays. The roof has green trim and is covered in asphalt shingles.

Historical significance:

A shed is typically a simple, single-story structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop. Sheds vary considerably in the complexity of their construction and their size, from small open-sided tin-roofed structures to large wood-framed sheds with shingled roofs, windows, and electrical outlets. Sheds used on farms or in industry can be large structures.

Field Notes

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Use (Historic)

• shed

Use (Present)

• unknown

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

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Location Integrity

Unknown

Related features

• Stone Walls

Environment features

• Open Land
• Residential
• Rural

Relationship to surroundings

To the east, with its ridge-line parallel to Beaver Brook Road is the house associated with the shed. To the northwest and southwest of the barn is a large open space field. To the south is dense woodland. A stone wall is parallel to Beaver Brook Road towards the north and east.

Building Typology

• Other Shed

Materials

• Concrete Block
• Other
• Vertical Siding

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Structural System

• Load-bearing Masonry

Roof materials

• Asphalt Shingle

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Roof type

• Saltbox

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Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

07/21/2010

Compiled By

Todd Levine, reviewed by the Connecticut Trust

Sources

Photographs by Jane Montanaro.

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.

Definition of a shed, retrieved on July 20, 2010 from website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shed.

Map of the Lyme, CT, retrieved on July 21, 2010 from website www.zillow.com.