The Barn

The barn was built in the 1950's after the original barn burned down. In some of the photos you will see a stone foundation that was part of the original barn. If you look closely, you will see that the original stone foundation is larger than the current barn. The original barn also had an earthen ramp for wagons to enter the second story. 

This is the front of our barn on a fall day. Soon the grass will be brown from the cold and snow. The little door on the second story accesses the haymow. The barn doesn't have any mechanisms for lifting hay into the haymow, so it may never have been used for that or the owners had a more modern way of accomplishing that task.

This is the back of the barn which provides access to the corral. Notice the original stone foundation that is larger than the current barn, and some of the earthen ramp along the stone foundation that used to access the haymow. The stacked wood fences are around about two acres of the property, but unfortunately are very old and rotten.

This is the inside of the barn when you enter the front. Most of it is open, other than the two horse stalls on the right. You could probably fit six horse stalls in the barn.

To the left when you enter the barn is the only window, which is installed into the stone foundation. We also have running water and an old freezer that was used to hold feed (and potentially dead bodies).

Horse stalls on the right.

There is small stall to the right of the horse stalls, but it was used for something other than sheltering a horse. The ladder provides access to the haymow. Hay was stored here when we originally visited the property.

Adjacent to the small stall is a weird nook. No ideas what the purpose was.

A bunch of terrible wiring provided by the former expert-in-residence.

Interior view of one of the horse stalls. They have lights, heaters, and places to feed the animals.

The other stall with the same features.

Here are some photos of the interior.

The stone foundation is unfortunately tipping inward. Luckily, the former owner added some support post to hold the barn up when the wall collapses.

The haymow only has a floor over 2/3 of the barn. The former owner said he was working on building more horse stalls.

A scary looking freezer.

The haymow!

The photo below is of one of the many utility poles that hold up the barn. The markings on the pole indicate that the pole is from 1953, made from western red cedar, has been treated with pentachlorophenol, and is a 25 foot long pole. The age of the pole supports the story from the former owners that the original barn burned down in the 1950's.

And more questionable wiring.