This old barn, actually a corn crib with attached shed rows, sits down below the house near the edge of the garden plot. It was not on the property we bought but clearly belonged to the original homestead. The discrepancy between the traditional property lines established a long time ago (from this tree to that rock, to the edge of the creek, etc.) and the property lines established by more modern surveys based on iron pins set by agreement among the property owners in the early 1900's meant that the barn was no longer technically on the property, but nobody bothered to move the existing fences until my piece of property was carved out of a larger whole. My neighbor and I worked out a deal and an additional 1/2 acre of land including this barn was deeded over to me.
You can see the large piles of debris we pulled out from underneath the shedrows. Some went to to the dump, some into the burn pile and the useful timbers were stacked under the shed rows for some unnamed future projects.
We moved a couple of cubic yards of dirt to fill holes and level the floor on the North side so the lawn tractor and tiller could be stored under the roof instead of under the tarps they had been living under for the past year.
The main peak roofed building is a very sturdy slat wall corn crib that is entirely lined with 1/2" hardware cloth making it vermin and critter proof. This has been swept out and will be the chicken coop this spring and summer.
South side view. You can see the shedrows have collapsed on each side the corn crib which will be repaired with rafters, boards and tin roofing salvaged from the old log cabin being dismantled elsewhere on the property.
North side view. The equipment is all under this portion of the shedrow. All the rouge saplings and trees growing up all around the barn will be removed next, before the restoration work starts of the structure.
West side view. Trees need to be removed. You can see the shed row is in good shape on the North (right) end and is collapsed / gone on the South (left) end.
As the work slowly progresses I'll post more about this project. Wish us luck!
