BERENGARIA FARM

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Historical Notes

LOT 102 WAS ORIGINALLY GRANTED IN 1803 TO BENAJAH WILLIAMS, WHO BUILT THE STONE SHED. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT BY JOHN GARDEN, A NATIVE OF NEW BRUNSWICK WHO HAD, AS A LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND REGIMENT, FOUGHT WITH GENERAL BROCK AT DETROIT AND HAD BEEN CAPTURED BY US TROOPS

Architectural Notes

BUILT IN A MASSIVE, UNADORNED GREEK REVIVAL STYLE, THE HOUSE FEATURES TRIPLE BRICK WALLS (THE ORIGINAL RED BRICKS ARE NOW COVERED WITH YELLOW ONES), HEAVY STONE LINTELS AND SILLS. PART OF THE REAR WING IS A LIMESTONE RUBBLE SHED WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED C.1803 PRESENTLY THE FRONT FACADE HAS A WOOD PORTICO ATTACHED.