Help CHF Renovate the Farmhouse at Barrett's Mill Farm

The home at Barrett’s Mill Farm, owned by The Town of Concord, needs an addition to house the current farmers and their families. 

Please help us raise $300,000 to fund an expansion of the Barrett’s Mill Farm farmhouse in order to create adequate living space for the current farmers, and improve affordable farmer housing in Concord for future generations!

To designate the donation, please write
‘Barrett’s Mill Farm’ in the “in honor of” box

CHF also accepts donations via checks made out to: "Concord Housing Foundation, Inc."
Mailing address: 
Concord Housing Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 751
Concord MA 01742-0751

Concord Housing Foundation is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Additional Information about the Barrett’s Mill Farm Project

Barrett’s Mill Farm is a jewel of a property that combines the conservation of beautiful and productive open space with affordable homes for the farmers who are crucial to the stewardship of that land. Concord owns the property and leases it to them, and the Town is responsible for maintenance of the buildings on the property.

The Barrett’s Mill Farmhouse has a single house containing two residences, housing the two farm managers and their families. The larger of the units has three bedrooms, while the smaller home has only one bedroom. There is no bedroom for the family’s toddler, who currently sleeps in his parents’ room.

The modest addition (16’ x 20’) proposed for the smaller unit would contain a family room on the first floor and a small bedroom and bathroom on the second. Since that home currently has the entry, living, dining, kitchen, and stair to the 2nd level all in one space (formerly a 2 car garage), more room is needed on both levels to accommodate the family that has expanded from two to three people.

The architecture of the addition would be in scale with the overall building, copying and extending it’s roof pitches and using dormers for space under the sloped roof in the new bedroom. The style of the windows, siding, and trim would match the existing.

The Farmhouse is Town property, made available to the farmers with the lease of the agricultural land. The expansion of this unit will create a second Town-owned home for a farm family with one or more children, a net addition to the small number of affordable family homes in Concord.