Tag: Southbury CT

This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”).  If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was has been a very helpful resource for me as […]

I’ve been after this barn for months but there were always cars parked in front of it and people working in or around it which precluded me from taking the shot. Although, this day, there was one person working in the barn I knew it wouldn’t get much better than […]

This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”).  If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was has been a very helpful resource for me as […]

Cheryl and I were working the Southbury CT area looking for barns and came across this one out in the country. I didn’t tag it well so it was either in Southbury or one of the surrounding towns.  I’m sure it’s owned by someone but from the standpoint of upkeep […]

To me this barn is very striking.  It appears to sit abandoned in the middle of the woods with no lead in road or path.  Father time is having it’s way as the foliage creeps in around it and the paint fades.  Two things I found unique.  There is about […]

While Cheryl and I were on the hunt for barns in Southbury we stumbled upon this old gem. Which, of course, isn’t a barn.  I thought, at first, that it was some type of meeting house back in the day.  I wasn’t able to find anything on the internet about it […]

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 […]

These two barns were loated on a very narrow dirt road.  I wasn’t expecting this.  I couldn’t get far enough back to frame these shots as I would have wanted to.  I, unfortunately needed a super wide angle lens which was left home accidentally.  A neighbor came out and told […]