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Octagon Barn in Southbury CT
Cheryl and I set our sails to Southbury CT, in early March, where we wanted to photograph this unique octagon barn. There were no trespassing signs around it’s circumference leading me to believe that the owner has seen his share of visitors over the years. I very subtly parked my car off the road down the street and walked over to the opposite side of the road to take the images. In and out in less than two minutes. I am very sensitive to homeowners and barn owners as to not impose upon them. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any historical data on this barn except that the Southbury Historical Society…
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A Return visit to Brooksvale (Park) Farm….more pics.
Brooksvale Park Farm, 524 Brooksvale Ave, Hamden, CT 06518 Cheryl and I initially visited these barns/farm to take this picture: The Barn at Brooksvale Park – Journey Thru My Lens (journeysthrumylens.com) . I returned a couple of weeks later and spent some time walking around the farm taking more images. I believe these barns were constructed by the Brooks family in the 1700’s. It’s very peaceful out here at the park and I would think would make a nice visit for families with small children mainly because of the animals. There is also a childrens playground area for them to enjoy. All images were photographed with a Sony A7RV, 61 mp mirrorless camera…
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The Barn at Brooksvale Park
It was late August and Cheryl and I went over to the Brooksvale Park in Hamden CT to photograph this historic barn. It was a joint effort as Cheryl framed this beautiful scene layout and I took the image. The Brooksvale Barn was built at some time in the 1700’s making it one of the oldest barns I’ve ever photographed. It sits on 500 acres of land most of which is wooded and used for trail walking. The barn was part of a working farm, owned by the Brooks family, which was handed down from generation to generation. The Town of Hamden started purchasing parcels of the land from the…
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Ludorf Barn, Southbury CT
Ludorf Barn 502 West Purchase Rd., Southbury CT In doing my research I came upon the Ludorf Barn/Museum in Southbury CT and headed out this beautiful winters day to photograph it. As I arrived the fist thing I noticed was that this rural fairly desolate setting was in a fairly elevated location allowing for beautiful views of the surrounding landscape. The barn was donated in 2009 by Marie Ludorf to the Southbury Historical Society. Since that time the Society has restored various parts of the buildings and grounds, including inside items such as carriages etc. The grounds, consisted of 2 acres with a rather large barn, (shown in my image),…
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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…
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Barn, 99 Terry’s Plain Rd., Simsbury CT
While barn hunting through the historic district of Simsbury CT, with my wife Cheryl, we came upon this huge beautiful barn to add to our collection. I couldn’t find any data on this barn but I would guess it was built during the 1800’s and maintained nicely over the years. Due to it’s long, rectangular shape, I suspect it was a location for town meetings and public dances at one time. It’s hi, almost modern looking windows, set it apart from most barns of that era. I would love to see what it looks like on the inside but that’s not going to happen. Photographed with a Nikon D7100, 24MP…
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Historic Barn, Coventry CT
[wzslider height=”600″ lightbox=”true”] Aaron Strong Museum 2382 South St. Coventry, CT 06238 Carpenters shop or carriage shed (c.1730) built by Aaron Strong, maternal great-uncle of Nathan Hale (I’m not sure which as the museum was closed when I went by). Nathan Hale’s house is a mile or less down the road. In front of this “barn” sits the original home which is also a museum open to the public. Call for hours. I did alter the “grounds” that the barn sat on in photoshop for artistic value. Nikon D7100, 18.0-55.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 18.0 mm.
