Reconstructed Tobacco Shed Comes To Life In South Glastonbury

Tobacco sheds near Greenfield, Connecticut, John Collier, 1941(FSA/OWI)

(Courant.com) In the old days, those who built barns and sheds had a simple philosophy when it came to the foundation.
"Instead of leveling the ground, they just leveled the barn," said James Bennett, executive director of the Historical Society of Glastonbury, as he noted the large chunks of granite supporting an old tobacco shed on the grounds of the Welles Shipman Ward House in South Glastonbury.
But under this newly reconstructed circa-1870 shed is not only a laser-sighted level ground, but a hurricane-proof concrete foundation. While the chunks of granite are still there, the shed is level for the first time in more than a 140 years. Continued