Demonstrations, tours, seminars, food, entertainment and more! Unveiling of the new Connecticut  Barns Trail. Something for everyone and fun for the whole family!

 • Join us for educational sessions on barns. • Help raise a timber frame building. • Learn all about mortise-and-tenon timber framing from master timber framer Reynard Thompson. • Discover all the unusual uses of historic farming tools and enjoy model barn displays. • Is your barn in our database? Stop by and see. Help us add new information. • How can you put a date on your barn? Connecticut Trust staff and timber framer Jack Sobon will help you. Bring lots of pictures! • Enjoy weaving demonstrations, shingle shaving, trunnel making, building a stone wall, plowing a field and other seasonal farm activities. 

WTNH News Anchor, Ann Nyberg, Honorary Chairman, (pictured above) will join us at the Friday evening gala. Suggested attire - boots 'n' bling! 

Read more in "Events" to the right or click HERE to register.

   

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Protecting and nourishing the vitality of Connecticut's significant buildings and landscapes.  

 

In Focus

• Local Historic Districts Protect Property Values

  Study conducted by Donovan Rypkema, PlaceEconomics. more

• Investment in Connecticut 2011

  Commission on Culture & Tourism (State Historic Preservation Office) Study more

• Learn about the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation

  Staff, Board of Trustees, Strategic Planmore

In The News

• The 1772 Foundation receives Harlan Griswold Award

  On April 4, the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office and the Connecticut Trust presented the Harlan Griswold Award to The 1772 Foundation. Here are remarks by the State Historic Preservation Officer, Christopher Bergstrom.more

• Barns Listed on State Register

  The Connecticut Historic Preservation Council voted in February to add twenty historic barns to Connecticut's State Register of Historic Places.more

• Southington Historic House to be Preserved

  The Andrews-Olney House, a Federal-style brick house at 116-118 North Main Street in Southington, will be preserved after an agreement between the Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.more

• Preservation Law in Connecticut: Substance & Process

  Laws passsed and administerd by federal, state, or local governments create the framework within preservation takes place.more

Events

• Walnut Hill National Historic District Revitalization Plan

  City of New Britain Economic Development Division Tuesday, May 28 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Community Room, New Britain Public Library, 20 High Street, New Britain more

• Local Historic District Commission Workshop- BRIDGEPORT

  Thurs., May 30, 2013 at City Hall, 45 Lyon Terrace. Time: 6:00-7:30pm Register here. more

• A Celebration of Barns

  Friday, June 7 & Saturday, June 8, 2013 at Bushnell Farm in Old Saybrookmore