Connecticut Round Barns List
– Oct 23, 2006
 
Number County Town Size Built Verif GPS Description
CT-01-01 Fairfield Bridgeport   ca 1860 ?   In Bridgeport. At the corner of Burnum & Harriet Sts. Barnum-Suhren octagon house. It was built by P.T. Barnum. He had heard about the new 8-sided houses and decided he had to have one built. It is of grout construction with a porch encircling the structure. The cupola is octagon with a window in each side.
CT-01-02   Danbury   1852 ?   Octagon house in Danbury at 21 Spring St. 3 story, grout construction with walls about 12" thick. An elaborately decorated porch encircles the house on the second and third floors. Now an apartment building.
CT-01-03   Greenwich   1850s Gone GONE In Greenwich. On Millibank Av. Octagon, removed to make room for the Greenwich hospital.
CT-01-04   Greenwich   1850s ?   In Greenwich. On Steamboat Rd. Wellstood-Hansen, octagon.
CT-01-05   Stamford     ?   Octagon house at 120 Strawberry Hill Av.
CT-01-06   Bridgeport   2001 09-2006 N41 10.39 W73 11.25 In Bridgeport. On the SE side of I95 at exit 27 at 600 Main St. Arena at Harbor Yard, oval bldg.
CT-02-01 Hartford East Hartford     ?   In East Hartford. At 159 Naubric St. Octagon, 2-story, solid exterior walls made of 1x5 & 1x4 boards laid flat and nailed together. The 4 and 5 inch boards were laid alternatively to provide grooves 1 inch wide and ½ inch deep on each side to hold the plaster which was applied directly to the wall on the interior. The exterior walls are covered with clapboard.
CT-02-02   Rocky Hill     09-2006 N41 39.12 W72 39.39 In Dinosaur State Park SW of Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Township. CT99 (Main St.) S. 0.7 miles from jct with CT160 (Elm St.) in Rocky Hill, W. on CT411 (West St.) 0.9 miles to the park on the S. side of the road. 5 sided bldg, geodesic roof.
CT-03-01 Litchfield Woodbury     ?   N. of Woodbury on US6 near the Woodbury-Southbury township line. Octagon, large frame with a cupola. The exterior walls are covered with vertical boards. Surrounded by too many trees to get a good photo.
CT-03-02   New Milford     ?   Octagon building along US7, between New Milford & Brookfield. Has been a display room and a store. It is located near a golf course where it is now used as a storage room.
CT-03-03   Washington   1850 ?   Nettleton-Dorr octagon house located on Nettleton Hollow Rd., off CT47. It is covered with asbestos shingles. The house is hidden behind a great deal of overgrowth and trees, and is hard to see or photograph.
CT-03-04   Washington Depot   1865 ?   Octagon house. Take the road directly across from the Dorr house (CT-03-03) and go up the hill. At the top, take the blacktop to the right.
CT-03-05   New Milford     09-2005 N41 33.09', W73 25.08 S. of New Milford, New Milford Township. US7/202 S. 1.7 miles from jct with US7 & US202 (Bridge St.) just W. of New Milford to the bldg on the W. side of the road. Union Savings, octagon bldg, brick, cupola sculpted into roof.
CT-04-01 Middlesex Cromwell 31' 1858 ?   N. of Cromwell. CT99 N. from Cromwell to the Seminary. 3-story, exterior is of grout.
CT-04-02   Portland   1853 ?   In Portland. At 24 (maybe 26) Marlborough St., which is CT66. Octagon house, built of brownstone. [Williams - NRHP]
CT-04-03   Portland     ?   In Portland. At 28 Marlborough St., which is CT66. Octagon house. [Stancliff - NRHP]
CT-04-04   East Hampton   1837 ?   Octagon house. From Portland take CT66 (Marlborough Pike) E. to CT16. Take CT16 until you come to the house on the left. 3-story, but from the front it is only 2 stories. The walls are built of bricks and concrete and covered with stucco. The wide projecting cornice is supported at each angle by a large bracket.
CT-04-05   East Hampton     ?   Octagon house. Located on the street on the E. side of the school. An L has been added, but this doesn't take away from the octagon appearance. The house was built shortly after the Civil War.
CT-04-06   East Haddem     ?   Octagon house in town. Exact location not known. [No such town - DJT]
CT-04-07   East Haddem     ?   Octagon house , nest door to CT-04-06.
CT-05-01 New Haven Guilford   1856 ?   In Guilford. At 88 Fair St. Octagon, the exterior walls are covered with wooden shingles, cupola on the low-pitched roof.
CT-05-02   Meriden   1898 Gone GONE In Meriden. At 30 Franklin St. Octagon. Demolished in 1970 to make room for a new highway.
CT-05-03   New Haven   1850s Gone GONE In New Haven. Located at the NW corner of Temple & Grove Sts. Octagon.
CT-06-01 New London Mystic     2000 N41 21.08 W71 58.67 In Mystic. W Mystic Av. S. 1.5 blocks from jct with US1 in Mystic to the house at 8 W Mystic Av. Octagon house, 2-story, white, flat roof, large windowed cupola w/flat roof, porch around front half.
CT-06-02   West Mystic     Gone GONE An octagon house built for a retired sea captain has been torn down.
CT-07-01 Tolland Willimantic     06-2004 N41 43.14 W72 16.81 W. of Willimantic, Columbia Township. CT66 W. 2.7 miles from jct with PA32 (Main St.) on the W. side of Willimantic to the bldg on the S. side of the road at the jct with US6. 10 sided bldg, used car dealership, each side has a garage door, tall windowed & louvered cupola w/ornate roof.
CT-08-01 Windham Willimantic 150'   ?   Octagon chicken house. Built during WW2 to raise broilers. Location not known.