Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

n/a

Historic Significance

n/a

Field Notes

Brown Cafe serves ice cream out of converted cow stable. Free range turkeys. http://ekonkhillturkeyfarm.com/index.html L-shaped building consists of a gambrel barn with its gable-end facing east, and a 1-story low cow-shed gable-roofed, now used as the store and ice cream parlor. The house is north, forming a U-shaped courtyard, and is a Dutch gambrel house and garage. To the west there is a hoop-house or pole barn.

Use (Historic)

• dairy

Use (Present)

• poultry

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

• Gambrel
• Ground-Level Stable
• Other Shed

Materials

• Horizontal Siding

Structural System

• Wood Frame

Roof materials

• Asphalt Shingle

Roof type

• Gable
• Gambrel

Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

05/31/2011

Compiled By

Charlotte Hitchcock

Sources

Sterling Assessors Record: http://sterling.ias-clt.com/parcel.detail.php?id=1002020021
Parcel ID: 10020200 Alternate ID/Map Block Lot: 03648-034-004A Acres: 4.40

House: 1969

http://ekonkhillturkeyfarm.com/index.html

Aerial Mapping: Sterling Maps
http://www.bing.com/maps - accessed 5/31/2011.