Grandfather Hipp's Cow~Barn Quilt Trail, New Milford, CT

CENTERBROOK-HIPP FARM‍

Jesse and Brittany Miller selected a cow pattern to honor the late James Hipp, who originally ran the dairy operation and taught Jesse everything he knows. This English-style bank barn has been in the Hipp/Miller family since 1896 and was probably around for a century before that. As part of a working farm, the barn is used for storing hay and milking cows in the basement. When the family acquired the property, it had been adapted for use as a tobacco barn. Today the Millers carry on the land’s agricultural tradition as Centerbrook Farm on 50 acres. It offers a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and a front porch where vegetables, eggs and meat are regularly available for purchase in season.

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‍The New Milford Barn Quilt Trail consists of 19 colorful quilt patterns hand-painted on large weather-resistant blocks and hung on antique and vintage barns and historical buildings around our town. It honors our rich agricultural history, the exciting resurgence of family farms in New Milford today and the American tradition of quilt-making. It is the first barn quilt trail established in Connecticut. Already, over 40 U.S. states, including New Hampshire and New York, boast quilt trails in a rapidly expanding movement that began in Ohio in 2001. Get in your car or jump on your bike and use any mobile device to access this site as you visit these barn quilt block sites. Please use caution as you drive, bike or walk along the country roads of the barn quilt trail. Remember that the quilt blocks are displayed on what is often private property and can be viewed only from public roadsides. Responsibility for any accidents while observing the quilt blocks rests entirely with the viewer.

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