Historic Significance
Architectural description:
This is a 1 1/2-story, tripartite eave-entry barn. The main façade faces southeast and the ridge-line of the barn is parallel with this portion of Times Farm Road, which runs southwest-northeast. The main entry is a pair of exterior-sliding doors with external bracing in the middle of three bays in the southeast eave-facade. The remainder of the façade is blank. The ground slopes very gently to the east revealing a concrete and fieldstone foundation in the east corner of the façade and the northeast gable-end, which is blank. Both the northwest eave-side and southwest gable-end of the barn are also blank. The northwest eave-side of the barn appears to have an entry. The barn has vertical flush-board siding painted red. The siding on the lower half of the southwest gable-end appears to have been replaced. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles.
Historical significance:
Barn, English: The oldest barns still found in the state are called the "English Barn,” “side-entry barn,” “eave entry,” or a 30 x 40. They are simple buildings with rectangular plan, pitched gable roof, and a door or doors located on one or both of the eave sides of the building based on the grain warehouses of the English colonists' homeland. The name “30 by 40” originates from its size (in feet), which was large enough for 1 family and could service about 100 acres. The multi-purpose use of the English barn is reflected by the building's construction in three distinct bays - one for each use. The middle bay was used for threshing, which is separating the seed from the stalk in wheat and oat by beating the stalks with a flail. The flanking bays would be for animals and hay storage.
Field Notes
An English-style barn with a shingled roof and wooden sidewalls. Some of the siding on the southwest-facing side appears to have been replaced with newer boards. There is a whimsical sign on the entry that reads "I work 40 hours to be this poor". The foundation is visible on the northeast side, and looks to be constructed of large flat rocks.