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After a hiatus, we are now moving with the replacement of the South barn. So excited!

And . . . She’s naked and exposed! Now for the rehab!

Looks like the old girl is crying as she sheds her metal, then cedar shakes. The ribs are starting to show and the siding will reveal more of the structure soon! A new roof and square walls to follow.

Save the old wood! What's more pleasing than to know that some of the beams and wood here were hand hewn before the birth of our country.

According to Wikipedia, Vernacular architecture is a building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance. It is not a particular architectural movement or style, but rather a broad category, encompassing a wide range and variety of building types, with differing methods of construction, from around the world, both historical and extant and classical and modern. In our case, this ancient barn was featured the August 2005 on-line publication of Hudson Valley Vernacular Architecture. Here's an awesome link to old drawings, old photos, and more.

https://hmvarch.org/news2/hvvanews7-7pt2.htm.