Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• National Register
• State Register

Historic Significance

Insufficient data for inclusion in State Historic Resource Inventory.

Field Notes

May be a contributing resource in the Plantsville Historic District. National Register Nomination (Lewis) identified a barn in 1988. Surveyor unable to determine visually whether the barn exists and has been incorporated into the living space, or whether it has been demolished.

Use (Historic)

• agriculture

Use (Present)

• unknown

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Unknown

Related features

n/a

Environment features

• Residential
• Rural
• Woodland

Relationship to surroundings

n/a

Building Typology

• Carriage House
• Connected

Materials

• Clapboard

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Structural System

n/a

Roof materials

• Asphalt Shingle

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Roof type

• Gable
• Shed

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Approximate Dimensions

24 feet x 24 feet

Date Compiled

10/27/2010

Compiled By

Charlotte Hitchcock

Sources

http://www.bing.com/maps/  accessed 10/26/2010.

Lewis, Barbara, Andrews, Gregory, Plantsville National Register District Nomination No. 88002673, National Park Service, 1988.

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.