The Chicken Coop / Program Building

View of building from the south. Note all the original windows which were originally designed slide downwards for ventilation using a pulley system from the inside.

The new buildings will be replacing our current program building. This building was originally constructed in the 1950s by Francis Williams to house his new flock of chickens. He had 1,000 birds on each floor for a total of 2,000 laying birds. That’s a lot of eggs!

Since then, the building was renovated for storage in the downstairs and a residential space in the upstairs. Many local families rented the chicken coop apartment over the years before Red Gate Farm purchased the property and converted the upstairs into a program space. It went through one more evolution in 2012 when the small residential kitchen was renovated to a commercial kitchen and outdoor showers were added to accomodate overnight programming.