Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• State Historic Resource Inventory
• State Register

Historic Significance

See Record No. 5018

Field Notes

Listed on the State Register of Historic Places 11/06/2013. 312 and 327 Litchfield Turnpike, the original extent of RoJo Farm. House was built in 1879 by Thomas H. Brooks. See also Record No. 5018 for the associated barns, now 312 Litchfield Turnpike.

Use (Historic)

• agriculture

Use (Present)

• unknown

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

1

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Original Site

Related features

• Barn

Environment features

• Residential
• Rural
• Scattered Buildings

Relationship to surroundings

n/a

Building Typology

• English
• English/New England Hybrid

Materials

• Flush-board
• Vertical Siding

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Structural System

• Post & Beam
• Wood Frame

Roof materials

• Asphalt Shingle

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Roof type

• Gable

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Approximate Dimensions

n/a

Date Compiled

01/23/2008

Compiled By

Charlotte Hitchcock, reviewed by CT Trust

Sources

Photographs and field notes by Melissa Antonelli, 2008, Charlotte Hitchcock 7/24/2013.
Interview with Bill Fischer, 7/24/2013, at the site.

Map resources:
Aerial views from:  http://maps.google.com/  and http://www.bing.com/maps/ accessed 8/16/2013.

Historical aerial photography and maps accessed at UConn MAGIC: 
http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/mash_up/1934.html
http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/historical_maps_connecticut_towns.html .

USGS Historical Maps accessed 6/22/2012 at http://historical.mytopo.com/ .

UTM coordinates: http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html .

Print and internet resources:
Barnett, Joni, The Barns of Bethany, Bethany Historical Society, video, 1996.

Bethany Historical Society, Bethany Timeline: http://www.bethany-ct.com/historicalSociety/bhs-facts.htm .

Bunton, Alice Bice, Bethany’s Old Houses and Community Buildings, Bethany Library Association, 1972.

Clouette, Bruce, Wheeler-Beecher House National Register Nomination No. 77001400, National Park Service, 1977.

Connecticut State Library online: iconn.org or http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/SiteIndex.aspx#directories
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Barns of Connecticut Resource Inventory, 2010,

Cunningham, Jan, Connecticut’s Agricultural Heritage: an Architectural and Historical Overview, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation & State Historic Preservation Office, 2012.

James Manufacturing Company, The James Way Catalog No. 27, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, 1919, accessed at Google Books, http://books.google.com .

RoJo Farm web site: http://www.rojofarm.com/RoJo_Farm/Home.html , accessed 8/16/2013.

Sexton, James, PhD; Survey Narrative of the Connecticut Barn, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Hamden, CT, 2005, http://www.connecticutbarns.org/history.

U.S. Federal Census, accessed at http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/census/search/basic

Visser, Thomas D., Field Guide to New England Barns & Farm Buildings, University Press of New England, 1997.