Known locally in Canton as the “Stone House,” the Barber-Perry House, 22 Barbourtown Road, was built in 1843 by two brothers, Volney and Linus Barber. They used stone quarried to the north of the property’s barns. The house was bought by George W. Lamphier in 1866 and by Thomas M. Perry in 1944. Perry was a physicist working on gears for naval ordinance during the war. He worked in a shop on his property and soon started the T.M. Perry Company, eventually building a new facility, across the street from the house, in 1955. The Perry property is still a dairy farm, known as Scott Perry or Perrys Dairy, and the house is owned by the Perry Brothers Partnership.
Barber-Perry House (1843)