English barn, access by
request to owner. Brick foundation, post and beam frame, barn board siding,
gable roof of wood with corrugated metal, entry on eaves side, 80 by 30. Built in presumably 1880s; remodeled in
about 1896; concrete foundation added in 1940s. Original
barn is now surrounded by abutting barn built in 1964 by George Bullock.
Original barn fronts Lower Waterford Road and has two sections, of which the
older section is the western half. Davison sugarhouse was moved up the road to
the Calvin Brown farm.
Based on oral history collected by
Helen Chantal Pike and Dave Morrison: The barn may date to 1850 or earlier. The
property was owned by Henry Davison who had four daughters; one married barn
designer Fred C. Bullock. This couple "lost" the farm. Next owner was
G. M. Sweatt. Next owner was Frank Bullock, son of Fred C., the barn designer.
His son George succeeded him. Clayton Bullock, George's son, runs the farm
today, maybe with his cousin. Henry also had brother Claude, whose farm was
where Clayt Bullock bags silage.
Town history, pp. 22-23: Rev.
Silas Davison moved into Waterford in 1796, and commenced on the Harvey
Holbrook Farm. [Sold it to town clerk Grows, while S.D. held mortgage back on
it; farm failed, Davison lost all, then bought back 100 acres and son Henry C.
worked it; Henry C. had sons Claudius and Henry, as mentioned in oral history.]
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