The Cart Hovel

A rectangular story-and-a-half wooden building open on one side, the Cart Hovel stood opposite the Barn and parallel to the stone Apple House. It dated to around 1860 and replaced an earlier building that served the same purpose on the same site. While providing shelter for farm wagons and carts, it was also the men servants’ privy.

The Cart Hovel was taken down by State workers in the 1970s; fortunately, detailed scale drawings were made before it was destroyed. Plans are now underway to reconstruct this simple, clapboard-sided structure. Part of the stone foundation can be seen close to the north side of the Apple House, and the rebuilt Cart Hovel will be raised there in its original location.