Brookfield plans to demolish a shed on the town-owned Eriksen Farm that was damaged in the May macroburst.  The roof of the shed lifted off and one of the exterior walls buckled. 

Conservation Commission Director Alice Dew says insurance will cover the $4,000 cost of demolition and filling in soil where the shed stood.  If the town had decided to repair the structure, it would have cost $19,000, which insurance also would covered. 

But Dew told the Board of Selectmen that it's an attractive nuisance with kids crawling onto the ground-level roof.  

The Eriksen family sold the 20-acre property to Brookfield in 2009, but when it was a working farm, cows used the shed for shade.  The shed is attached to a barn, which would not be affected by the demolition.