Applewood Farm

Applewood Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Farmhouse at Applewood Farm in 2014
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Location	528 Colonel Ledyard Hwy., Ledyard, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°25′27″N 71°59′41″W / 41.42417°N 71.99472°W / 41.42417; -71.99472
Area	3.6 acres (1.5 ha)
Built	1826
Architect	Gallup, Russel
NRHP reference No.	87001765[1]
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1987

Applewood Farm is a farmstead in Ledyard, Connecticut, United States. Constructed in 1826 by Russel Gallup, the farmhouse was built with a colonial center chimney design with Federal style details that has been modernized to the early 20th century without significantly changing the floor plan. Named after the apple orchards planted by Russel Gallup, Applewood Farm developed significantly under the ownership of Everett Gallup, the last member of the family to own the property. The property was later owned by Arlene Meyer Cohen and a 40-acre parcel was sold off in November 1984. After the Betz family became the owners it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and operated as a bed and breakfast through the 1990s. In 1987, the property included five contributory structures, the farmhouse, corn crib, barn, silo and chicken coop. The property also has one non-contributing structure, a machinery shed from the 1960s.

History

The farmhouse was built by Russel Gallup in 1826 before the incorporation of the town of Ledyard in 1836.

Contributing to the property is a 12 feet (3.7 m) by 15 feet (4.6 m) corn crib that has been previously rebuilt and dated to around the 19th century at the time of its nomination.[2] The barn, a post-and-beam construction, is 32 feet (9.8 m) long and 20 feet (6.1 m) with large double doors on the east and west sides.^[2] The rafters were made with a single planed side and the "rest is left round".^[2] Attached to the barn is an early 20th century dairy shed measuring 43 feet (13 m) long by 20 feet (6.1 m) wide.^[2] Other contributing assets include a 31 feet (9.4 m) in circumference silo and a 20 feet (6.1 m) by 45 feet (14 m), both likely built in the early 20th century.^[2] A machinery shed dating to the 1960s was specifically listed a non-contributory asset.^[2] In 1987, the listed property had 3.6 acres (1.5 ha) out of the original 144 acres (58 ha) farm.^[2]

Importance

Applewood Farm has served as a farm for over a century, with an 1850 census reporting it produced butter, cheese, rye, Indian corn, oats, wool, Irish potatoes and hay. Three apple orchards planted by Russell Gallup would become an important part of Applewood Farms and owe its name to those orchards. After Everett Gallup took over the farm in the 1920s, the farm produced fresh fruits and vegetables and poultry, eggs and dairy products. In 1994, the Applewood Farm reported having 700 trees tapped for maple syrup production and showed visitors the process of producing the syrup.^[7] Applewood Farms was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 under criteria A for the Gallup family history that played an important role in the local history and under criteria C as an architecturally important example of a late colonial center chimney house.^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut

References