Showing posts with label Bullock. Show all posts
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Friday, September 27, 2013

Dream Catcher (Caplan)/Nutter Barn, 1903


Duck Pond Road, West Waterford region. Yankee barn, access by request with owner, concrete foundation, stud construction, shiplap siding, gambrel roof of wood with sheet metal, high drive, gable front entrance, 90 by 35.

Ground floor in use as hayloft; second and third floors are open and rented out for events like weddings. Horses are in new building (~7 years old) near road.

Designer Frank C. Bullock was involved in building a gambrel-style barn fo the Blodgett farm that burned down in the early 21st century (from Town Report). This barn had been located about 1.5 to 2 miles from the current Dream Catcher barn. Also known as the Nutter farm.

Clarence Young–Boisvert Barn, 1902


Old County Road, Yankee barn, access restricted (contact owner). Stone foundation, post and beam framing, barn board siding, mansard roof of wood with wood shingles and sheet metal. High drive. Entrance in gable front. 100 by 50. Sawn frame.

Featured in 1964 Waterford Town Report. Particularly significant because there is documentary evidence for the barn's design and construction by local barnwright Fred C. Bullock, as well as for the process of consturction (choice of local mill used for lumber; photos of barn raising).

Due to gradual wear and lack of use, this barn was taken down on August 27, 2016.


Koeppl-Bullock-Hale-Bonnett Barn, 1890?


Lower Waterford Road. Yankee barn, access by request to owner. Stone and concrete foundation, post and beam fram with barn board siding, gable roof of wood with corrugated metal, high drive, entry in gable front. 90 by 50. Probably a  Frank C. Bullock design.

Dave Morrison recalls a 20th-century owner raising sheep in the barn.

Dave Morrison: At some time in the 1800s, this was known as the Hale Farm. During the middle part of the 1900s it was the Joseph Bonnett Sr. farm.

Town history, p. 87: THE HALE FAMILY. Edward E., Joseph, and Abbie were descendants of John Hale. Edward and Abbie lived and died on the Hale farm, which has been in the family for over a century. Edward was known as a man of sterling character, upright and square in all dealings with mankind. He and his sister both were known as honest, consistent farm people, plodding along in a quiet, unostentatious manner. They were regular attendants and good workers in the church. They never married. Joseph married and has one daughter [Grace, 1883-1946] who is the only survivor. She married Samuel Bonnett [1880-1956] of St. Johnsbury and lives there. They have a son Joseph [BK note: This would be Joseph Bonnett Sr., 1907-1989], who lives on the Abial Richardson farm." [material in square brackets added from Ancestry.com research]

Calvin Brown–Frank Bullock Barn, ~1890


Lower Waterford Road, English barn, access by request to owner, brick foundation, post and beam frame with barn board siding, gable roof of wood with corrugated metal, about 80 by 30, entry on eaves side.

Foundation is concrete piers. Sugarhouse on this property was moved from Henry Davison farm up the road behind current home of Clayt Bullock.

Noted by Dave Morrison and Helen Chantal Pike: Earliest known owner was Calvin Brown, brother to Claude or Claudius. Darham cows. Brown sold to "Luce" Freeman who sold to Fred C. Bullock, barn designer. Fred's grandson Fred Bullock filled in around the barn on the river side so customers could drive their vehicles in for service. His cousin Jerry (Gerald) kept farm equipment in the other half of the barn.

Town history, p. 83: Calvin Brown, son of Daniel, was born in Waterford in 1810. He married Susan Miles, daughter of Dr. Abner Miles. ... He reared seven children. [Their daughter] Diantha married Lorenzo Freeman and lived on the home place.


Davison–George Bullock Barn, 1880s


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.]