Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• State Historic Resource Inventory

Historic Significance

Architectural description:

This building is a representative example of the multipurpose outbuildings that were built during the first decades of the 20th century.

This is a 1.5-story, side-gable building.  The main facade has a series of openings: a swinging door with three horizontal panels below 4 lights; 3 pairs of 6-light casement windows ganged within a single frame; a larger door with exterior cross braces and a pair of 6-light casement windows.  The end of this facade has a large, rectangular patch of new shingles suggesting that a door opening had recently been closed in.  The gable end has a pair of 6-light casements at one corner with a second window closer to the middle of this end.

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

n/a

Use (Historic)

• storage

Use (Present)

• storage

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Original Site

Related features

n/a

Environment features

• Residential
• Scattered Buildings
• Woodland

Relationship to surroundings

This is a small outbuilding on a wooded site.

Building Typology

• Other Shed

Materials

• Fieldstone
• Wood Shingle

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Structural System

• Wood Frame

Roof materials

• Asphalt Shingle

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Roof type

• Gable

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Approximate Dimensions

14 x 30

Date Compiled

06/30/2011

Compiled By

James Sexton, PhD - KY

Sources

Sexton, James, The Town of Redding Historic Outbuildings Survey, April, 2011.

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, 213 pages.

Redding Assessor’s Database:
http://data.visionappraisal.com/ReddingCT/search.asp - 4/30/2011.

Aerial Mapping:
http://www.bing.com/maps - 4/30/2011.