Upstairs, the framing is in almost immaculate condition...



Overall, this is one of the most spectacular barns I have ever surveyed.

The owner wants me to give him a price for it. In other words, this barn is going to come down. I'd like to find someone to sell the frame to or, if I must, split it two frames (it's big enough).

This barn lacks a feature I have seen on most of these barns: the wedged dovetail tenon on the tie beams. I don't quite know what to make of this omission. But obviously the frame has performed quite well relying on pegs...


Note also that on this barn, the tie beams and lower support beams in the middle bents (the lower having previously carried heavy log sleepers and a heavy floor load) span about 20 feet, having not measured anything I also guess the bent spacing to be nearly 20 feet, making for an approximate size of 40x80 feet...