Address: 180 Jones Hollow Road
Contemporary Building Name: 180 Jones Hollow Road
Historic Building Name: Bigelow House, Roland Buell – I.R. Buell House, Robert Lord House
Present Use: Farmhouse
Historic Use: Farmhouse
Architectural style: Colonial
Date constructed: 1780 (Baber), 1788 (Keith), 1765 (Assessor)
Description: The great breadth of the Buell House, 40 feet, is extended for another eight feet by a shed-roofed side porch on the south elevation. The five bays of the front elevation are placed asymmetrically; the door is off center to the south with the flanking windows farther apart on the north than on the south. At the second floor there are three windows, with the central window off center to the north. Window glazing is 2-over-2. The chimney also is off center to the north. The roof is steeply pitched. The shed-roofed porch on the south side has a railing of pickets held by hand rail and bottom rail. Two large two-story barns are located south of the house, across the driveway. The barns abut one another. The property is 59 1/2 acres.
Significance: The Buell Farm is significant because, at 59 1/2 acres, it is one of the few remaining working farms in Marlborough. The large barns indicate a substantial farming operation. The presence of a tractor in front of the house in the picture is symbolic. The odd fenestration of the front elevation of the house makes it difficult to discern the original configuration. The 1869 atlas shows both names for the house, I. R. Buell and Roland Buell.
Sources: Baber, David. Capitol Region Council of Governments Historic Resource Survey of Marlborough, 1978.
Keith, Elmer D., director. Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers’ Project, Census of Old of Distinctive Buildings in the State of Connecticut. c. 1935.
Ransom, David. Historical and Architectural Resources Survey, Town of Marlborough, Connecticut. April 1998.
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