 In 1862 , Barns died and the house was passed to his sons before being transferred to Harriet Barns Vincent . The house was sold to Julia O 'Sullivan in 1919 before being sold to Francis McGuire in 1956 . The McGuire 's operated the house as a law firm and passed the title to James McGuire . In 2013 , James McGuire sold the house to the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut . Dave Collins wrote that the Acors Barns house is a " fine and rare example " of architecture that is especially important to New London , Connecticut . The Acors Barns House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 22 , 1976 . 
