The first barn was built from recycled material, or some of it, suggesting a newer date along with pencil layout to help back up the theory. The 2x8 bracing would go along with the theory.
The fourth barn, the one in Bucksport, has inboard bracing/struts on all posts running from the post to the lower girt. This barn I happened to find on my way to the tour, a mysterious coincidence. It also expands the region of CG barns to the Down East area.
The tour was nice and worth the 450 mile round trip. Can it be lumped into a MTBRG barn tour, Jim? Tim
Guys:
Tim's comments got me to thinking... Maybe the first barn (w/ brick house) is newer than we'd thought. Maybe it wasn't scribed: I don't remember seeing any marriage marks. And you say the pencil layout is curious... and remember that one housing on a post?
Could it be this barn was built from hewn timber from a previous building? And it was reconfigured via square rule??? I'm also remembering the wall w/ the sawn posts... which I'd assumed were replacements. ????
Or do you guys remember seeing obvious scribed characteristics ???
