Sad End For Borland Farm

On June 10-12, 2026, Hal Borland’s home on Weatogue Road in Salisbury, CT was torn down. Current owners have built a new residence on the property and Borland Farm is history. Hal and Barbara Borland purchased the home in July of 1952 after a serious illness caused Borland to reevaluate his life and work. The Borland’s had been living in Stamford, CT where Borland made his living as a freelance magazine and newspaper feature writer, as well as collaborating with Barbara on short story fiction (primarily romance-themed stories) for various magazines, a popular genre at the time. Borland wrote of his illness and the move to Salisbury in This Hill, This Valley (1957) and A Place to Begin: The New England Experience (1976). Other than An American Year (1946), all of Hal Borland’s classics were written in this house, including High, Wide and Lonesome; Country Editor’s Boy; The Dog Who Came to Stay; Hill Country Harvest; Beyond Your Doorstep; Hal Borland’s Book of Days; and his best-selling novel When the Legends Die.