Red Mill Farm

Red Mill Farm is a working farm complex about three-quarters of a mile east of Colosse, in Oswego County, New York. The nominated 174.76 acres hold six contributing buildings and three contributing structures. The two-story, three-bay farmhouse was built about 1832 by George Cholet, using hand-hewn hemlock timbers, a sandstone foundation and fashionable details such as paneled pilasters and a raking cornice. A tool shop, granary and horse barn date from the same period. Later additions include a windmill (1910), silo (1920), garage (1928) and milkhouse (1932). Together they show how the farm changed from grain production to dairying under the Moran family, who began renting the land in 1889. The farm kept about 175 acres of historic farmland and is regarded as one of the best preserved historic farm complexes in the county. A nearby nineteenth-century mill site was left out of the boundary because it has not been evaluated. Today the farm raises sheep.