234. Saving Connecticut's Historic Barns

234. Saving Connecticut's Historic Barns

From Grating the Nutmeg by Connecticut Explored Magazine

July 15, 2026 · 29 min · Season 4 · Episode 234

About this episode

This episode discusses the efforts to save historic barns in Connecticut with guest Todd Levine.

In 2006, Preservation Connecticut , then the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, realized that historic barns across the state were being demolished or allowed to fall down. What could be done to save them? Where were they? How many are there? How can we get people across the state to be interested in barns? All of this was unknown. My guest, Todd Levine, was hired to help answer those critical questions. Todd is currently the Environmental Review officer and Connect i cut Freedom Trail Coordinator at the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office of the Dept. of Economic and Community Development . He is an architectural historian and received his graduate degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design. What did my guest discover about Connecticut's barns? F ind more i n this episode and by going to Preservation Connecticut's barns website at: preservationct.org/barnshttps://preservationct.org/barns Hilltop Farm was built by Indian Motorcycle co-founder, George Hendee, starting in 1913, as a gentleman's retirement farm. Construction of Hendee's signature dairy barn was completed in 1914. The Friends of the Farm at Hilltop (FOFAH ), a nonprofit, own 11 acres…

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Guest: Todd Levine

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Preservation Connecticut

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office, Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, Friends of the Farm at Hilltop, Savannah College of Art and Design

Places: Connecticut, Hilltop Farm

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