English barn, restricted access, post and beam frame with
barn board siding, gable roof of wood covered with corrugated metal, entrance at
front, stall windows; diamond-shape window on top
floor. Long windows lengthwise on second floor on front (west side) and south
side. No glass in windows now, but openings are still there.
Deeds go back to 1850. Barn housed
chickens on second floor and horses on first floor. Horses were work horses
named Molly and Chub. Chew marks from horses still on wood. Current owner Donna
Rae Heath has a copy of 1948 Conservation/Business Plan prepared by USDA Soil
Conservation Service. Foundation sills replaced in 2009. Barn boards on sides
are thinning. Nails are Type A and Type B per Field Guide to New England Barns.
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