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Building Name (Common)
Hayland Farm
Building Name (Historic)
Hayland Farm
Address
400 Old Tavern Road, Orange
Typology
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Field Notes

There are five structures besides the house, a mid-nineteenth century structure. 1) A large bank barn built in 1910 of fire-proof construction to replace a barn that had burned. The lower level dairy with stanchions is concrete and river stone, including a reinforced concrete floor above. The rear and partial side walls are brick. A one-story ell projects to the south, with a root cellar below. 2) A single-story hip-roofed building was used for pasteurizing milk, and has been converted to a dwelling unit (1952). 3) A two-story barn, the Blacksmith Shop. As told by Betty Gagel, one of the oldest buildings on the property, used to make hardware for wagon shops in Milford. Also an early fire stations, with wagons and buckets were used to fight fires. Later converted to living quarters for hired help. In 2003 it was re-sided. 4) A three-sided shed for wagon storage. A large number of old fire vehicles are in this shed and lying around behind the barn. 5) A defunct water tower with metal structure and wood tank, leaning seriously. Another barn, for raising polo ponies, formerly stood to the east. Both Treat and Hayland Farms had belonged to the Treat family. Hayland was purchased by brothers Louis & Ezekiel Stoddard. They delivered milk to the Hotel Taft in New Haven and brought back garbage for their pigs; they also raised polo ponies for Yale. The farm was purchased by Wilson H. Lee and was part of his Fairlea Farm in the early 1920s. After Lee's death, in 1943 Addie and Charles Fowler Treat bought it again. Sisters Betty & Susan worked in the dairy business with their father through WWII and into the early 1950s. Betty & her husband Ed Gagel (deceased) inherited Hayland, while Susan Treat Wilson inherited Treat Farm. See entry for 361 Old Tavern Rd. Source: "Dairy Farming in Orange," Orange Historical Society, 1996, self-published, p. 10. Town of Orange, CT, History of Orange - Sesquicentennial 1972, 58 pp. Oral history, Jeff Wilson and Betty Gagel, 12/29/2007 as told to CRH. “12 Great Barns of Orange,” Orange Historical Society, 1986, self-published pamphlet, pp. 2-4.

Use & Accessibility

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

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Location Integrity

Unknown

Environment

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Typology & Materials

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Source

Date Compiled

02/07/2008

Compiled By

Charlotte Hitchcock

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