Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• National Register
• State Register

Historic Significance

n/a

Field Notes

National Register Nomination No. 87001770. The General Martin Kellogg House stands on wide lawns within a rectangle which is part of a 20.9 acre tract of land owned by the Town of Newington. (See map.) The Town of Newington leases the General Martin Kellogg House and adjunct garage and 5.7 acres to the Newington Historical Society and Trust, Inc. Between the property line and a driveway there is frontage on Willard Avenue of 326.1 feet. The depth of the lawn is 215.5 feet. The additional acreage is open space and a generous parking lot. The remainder of the 20.9 acre tract contains former barns and outbuildings now used by the Town of Newington Department of Parks and Recreation, open space for summer garden plots for local residents,a senior housing development, and a town cemetery (Christensen, Section 10).

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

• High Density
• Residential

Relationship to surroundings

n/a

Building Typology

Materials

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Structural System

n/a

Roof materials

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Roof type

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Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

08/01/2011

Compiled By

Charlotte Hitchcock

Sources

Christensen, Robert 0., Baxter, Elizabeth S., Kellogg, Gen. Martin, House National Register Nomination No. 87001770, National Park Service, 1987.

Aerial mapping of Newington from http://www.bing.com/maps - accessed 8/26/2013.