Barrington Historic District

South of Barrington's commercial center lies a 92-acre neighborhood of mostly wood-frame single-family houses, laid out on a grid with narrow streets crossing gently rolling ground. Lots are large, setbacks are uniform, and mature trees line the streets. Most houses are one to two stories with gabled or hipped roofs and open porches. Built between about 1860 and 1930, they show a range of styles: more than one hundred Vernacular examples, over a dozen Italianate houses, and several Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Octagon, Queen Anne, Neo-Classical and Craftsman buildings. The growth of the village was encouraged by the railroad, which brought building materials and made balloon framing practical. The district was listed for its association with the development of a rural Midwestern town and for its architecture. Roughly eighty percent of its buildings contribute to its character, and the few that do not are not intrusive. A few churches and small multi-family buildings are also included.