Carriage House

Carriage House is one of the most distinctive-looking buildings on our grounds, and there is great speculation concerning its historical purpose. Sources tell us that it originally belonged to The Forge, a blacksmith and ironworking shop located directly across the road. This explains the chimneys. Affiliated with a forge, it would have been common for carriages to be repaired there--and hence, we imagine, the building acquired its current name.

However, we have also learned that after the building was acquired by the Barrows Family, it served for a time as an office for The Knit, a wool company run by the Barrows that sent local knit-goods to stores all across the country.