The Old Barn is a historic barn off Blue Hill River Road in Canton, Massachusetts .
6-482: Based on the construction methods used, it is estimated to have been built between 1690 and 1720, and is the oldest building on Brookwood Farm . It is currently undergoing a major restoration undertaken by the North Bennet Street School. They have removed the oldest 20-by-20-foot (6.1 m × 6.1 m) section for major work to repair rot and insect damage. It is expected to be returned to
12-707: Is a historic farm on Blue Hill River Road in Canton, Massachusetts . Some of its fields, but none of the buildings, are in Milton . It is owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation . Its oldest building, the Old Barn was built in 1690. The Cape Cod style house located on the street was built in 1800. The larger house, set about 1,500 feet (500m) back from
18-498: The east by residences, on the west by property owned by Meditech and on the north by Blue Hill River Road (which is called Hillside Street in Milton). Across Blue Hill River Road is Great Blue Hill . Its historical owner was General Samuel Parker, best known for his role in suppressing the 1919 Boston Police strike. The farm's most recent private owner was Henry Saltonstall Howe, an insurance executive, who bought it in 1951, built
24-693: The house, and lived there as a bachelor gentleman farmer until his death in 1994. He had donated the property to the state with a life estate in 1976, so on his death it passed to the management of the Metropolitan District Commission which later became the Department of Conservation and Recreation. In 2006, the DCR granted a permit to Brookwood Community Farm, Inc., a non-profit, to organically farm 1-acre (4,000 m ) for food and flowers. That has continued through 2010. The farm
30-561: The site in 2010 or 2011. All of the photographs here are of the portions of the barn built after the original barn. The barn was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Old Barn on September 25, 1980. This article about a National Register of Historic Places listing in Norfolk County , Massachusetts is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Brookwood Farm Brookwood Farm
36-459: The street, converted from a hunting lodge in 1954, has been considered for a Governor's Mansion. There are also several outbuildings. All of the buildings, except the Old Barn, are suffering from a lack of funding for their upkeep. The farm comprises about 70 acres (30ha), about half in woods and the balance in fields. There are three ponds. It is bounded on the south by Route 128 / I-93 , on
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