"The farmstead consists of three buildings: the homestead, a carriage shed and barn.  The Barn has a primary construction design of an English Barn.  Traditional English barns stood separate from the homestead and other farm structures.  All the major structural forms in this building place its erection in the late 1700’s.  Further modifications, extensions and changes in the mid 1800’s transformed the traditional English Barn into a present day Yankee barn with a total width of 39’ x 46’. 

 

A truly unique feature to the Barn is a one piece pentagonal 6” x 6” ridge pole that runs the entire length of the Barn from east to west, with wide wind braces stemming from each rafter to ridge pole.  Insufficient ventillation led to the decay of many barns.  This barn has an exceptional and distinct ventilation structure; a lengthy 12 foot rectangular ventilation louver on the north side wall.

 

The Barn has an offset center isle entrance with a second story storage loft on the front northeast bent.  The interior of the Barn is divided into three distinct sections: the south lean-to area with live stock stanchions and milk room, the center drive and the north aisle for hay storage.  The east gable end acts as the main entrance to the barn with an off set interior sliding door measuring 11’ x 10’ with a 16 pane transom light directly above.

 

The center aisle floor is constructed from wide planking.  Loft flooring is of loose laid boards.  The ground floor framing consists of oversized log joists to support the main floor’s planking.  The frame is constructed from hand hewn pine and hemlock posts and beams with hardwood wind braces.  Wind braces in the roof are from rafter to ridge pole with pegged mortise and tenon joinery.  Roof construction is of major rafters and purlins with vertical sheathing running from ridge to eave." 

     

New Hampshire Preservation Alliance 

Historic Barn Assessment Program 

Between the Mountains Farm  

   2010 Preservation Assessment Analysis