Minor Farm, Bristol CT

The Minor Farm established 1888. I don’t believe there is much left of the Minor farm but perhaps this old barn and the building that once housed the farm store. The reason I say that is if you look to the right of one of the images you’ll see the farmland, where cows once roamed, is now replaced by solar panels. Wow, if that’s not a sign of the times huh?

From what I could gather Minors Farm was well known to locals where they would enjoy fall activities such as hayrides and the like. They ran a farm store, which was just north of this barn, for years and years.

In 2018 Mr. Paul Minor SR, then 93, broke a hip while at the farm store and regretfully passed away weeks later. That, amongst other considerations, resulted in Mr. Paul Minor Jr. (co-owner) age 70 to sell the farm.

This is why I document these farms and barns throughout CT. They are a glimpse into yesteryear. A time when things were simpler and, in my opinion, more wholesome in many ways. Once these farms are gone, they are gone, except for the memories and photo’s.

Photographed with a Sony A7RV 61mp mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-70 F2.8 GM II lens and my wife Cheryl.

Image with the one white garage door:

1/160th, f11, ISO 1000, Aperture Priority, shot at 38mm

Image with thge multiple garage doors:

1/100th f11, ISO 1000, Aperture Priority.