Big Red Barn

The town has secured a $320,000 grant from the state to finish its facilities maintenane building.

The town has secured a $320,000 grant from the state to finish its facilities maintenane building.

(Peter Marteka)

GLASTONBURY Behind many of the stately Main Street houses are old barns that harken back to a time when the town’s focus was on agriculture.

At the back of the Town Hall/Academy School complex is a 4,000 square-foot barn painted red and topped by a pair cupolas with weathervanes of a brass saw and hammer.

The town recently received a $320,000 grant from the state’s Small Town Economic Assistance Program to finish the $500,000 facility.