Historic Barns of Connecticut

Designations

• National Register

Historic Significance

n/a

Field Notes

Restored Lock 12 has a lock-keeper's house, used as a residence, and a barn, now the Ray Beard Museum, operated by the Cheshire Land Trust, open seasonally.

Use (Historic)

• agriculture

Use (Present)

• museum

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Exterior Visible from Public Road?

Yes

Demolished

n/a

Location Integrity

Unknown

Related features

• Barn
• Other
• Stone Walls

Environment features

• Residential
• Scattered Buildings
• Woodland

Relationship to surroundings

Barn is associated with the restored Lock 12 of the Farmington Canal, and is located on the east side of the canal, east of the lock-keeper’s house. The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail now occupies the route of the railroad that replaced the canal.

Building Typology

• Other Shed

Materials

• Clapboard

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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

n/a

Date Compiled

03/13/2012

Compiled By

Charlotte Hitchcock

Sources

Darbee, Herbert C., Farmington Canal Lock 12 National Register Nomination No. 73001949, National Park Service, 1973.

Raber, Michael S., Farmington Canal National Register Nomination No. 85002664, National Park Service, 1985.