The New 18th-Century Homestead

It’s a concept that has proven wildly successful in the automotive industry, so it was bound to happen in the home construction market. Build retro-style houses with contemporary amenities for a blend of yesterday’s charm and today’s convenience.

One local company is fostering a return to Connecticut’s Colonial roots, taking an old idea and giving it new life. Honoring a period when “family values” were a way of life, not just a marketing phrase, Early New England Homes of Bolton has taken the concept back to the mid-18th century with their 1,900-square-foot, 1750s New England cape-style “home building system.” The precut, prepackaged materials arrive ready to be constructed by a professional local builder. “With that house our goal was to create a classic, traditional New England style,” says Paul Baker, general manager.

A subsidiary of Country Carpenters, a company with more than 30 years experience building and shipping post-and-beam barns and other outbuildings (currently to 33 states and even one to Ireland), Early New England Homes opened this past summer with an open house event featuring demonstrations by Colonial craftsmen

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