Tobacco Barn Question

[lazabert]

Hi Everyone that may read this. SO.... I have been hunting this 55 acre field for two seasons now. (northeast -- ct). Today was the last of the tobacco barn. I wonder what the find may be? How early did they start building tobacco barns... Ya Ya -- I could look and google. But this is where you get great and interesting reponses on finds

 

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[1320]

I'm not sure when tobacco barns were built but I'm a big fan of searching them now!

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[vpnavy]

Wikipedia - Tobacco Barn - The terminology "tobacco barn" has been used to describe myriad structures in the USA. Buildings used for strictly tobacco curing, buildings that have multiple agricultural uses, and dilapidated barns, among others, have all been called tobacco barns at one time or another.[2] In the Connecticut River Valley (Tobacco Valley) which extends through Connecticut, Massachusetts and up to Vermont, the curing "barns" are properly called "sheds" (tobacco sheds). The term "barn" is exclusively used to refer to structures that house livestock in this area (New England). When referring to any tobacco operation in this area, whether shade or broadleaf, the term "shed" is the proper term to use.

Historic Barns of Connecticut - TOBACCO SHEDS As early as the 1830s, however, farmers in the state began to make a commitment to growing tobacco on a large scale. This required a series of buildings specific to tobacco culture, chief among them the tobacco shed...