Our next door neighbor's barn looked pretty good compared to other buildings of the same vintage, but it had structural problems that were going to cause problems soon, and the cost to fix it up was prohibitive. One reason it looked so good is that concrete footings were poured in 1924 to shore it up. The neighbor found the date and Susan's
Uncle Percy's initials on the north footer.
Most of these old building are allowed to kind of melt down, but this barn was in the front yard, not the back forty, so siding was removed, cuts were made to hinge the timbers, and it was pulled down. I wish I could have been there to hear it Whump when it fell.
Its suffering is over now.
Our next door neighbor's barn looked pretty good compared to other buildings of the same vintage, but it had structural problems that were going to cause problems soon, and the cost to fix it up was prohibitive. One reason it looked so good is that concrete footings were poured in 1924 to shore it up. The neighbor found the date and Susan's Uncle Percy's initials on the north footer.
Most of these old building are allowed to kind of melt down, but this barn was in the front yard, not the back forty, so siding was removed, cuts were made to hinge the timbers, and it was pulled down. I wish I could have been there to hear it Whump when it fell.
Its suffering is over now.
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