Preserving a Piece of Connecticut’s Agricultural History

A statewide project is ongoing to document and protect a symbol of Connecticut’s agricultural history - barns. The Hartford Courant recently reported that the number of barns in Connecticut has fallen as state agriculture has declined. The Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation is compiling an historic barn inventory which will be the most comprehensive such inventory in the nation. As part of the project, hundreds of volunteers are surveying and photographing barns, and thousands of barns have been submitted for the inventory database. The project will provide the public with an online resource of information about the state’s barns and agricultural history.