larry@stines PA barn

Saw the pic of your PA barn. Nice.

So is that a two story chicken house in the lean-to portion of it? Hmmm.

Just came home for lunch,doesnt happen often,but I caught your post,I would rather answer your post than eat,Im too fat anyway! That is a two story chicken house attached to the barn,Inside it used to have roosts coming from the wall for the chickens,They took up a lot of space so I took them out ,Up top I store ''stuff'' and down the bottom I have sort of a shop to keep tools and '' stuff'' to do repairs around the place,I dont have a shop for working on equiptment,but Im pretty usless at fixing mechanical stuff,the neighbor farmer has a shop and if I need to fix something he helps me out,I help him out with masonry repairs on his buildings,etc, I posted some pictures of the little shop in the bottom floor of the chicken house and a few more pictures of the barn and sheds at the old farm before and after fixing some of them up. The barn is a bank barn,and I think you will like the closet that they used to hang harness in, I have posted these pictures before,but since you asked ,{you know how I like to post pictures},Also posted another picture of the root cellar,I started restoring it with my dad ,he didnt get to see it finished before he passed away,but we did do the brickfront on the house together,I posted a picture of the farmhouse around 1968 with neighbors and friends sitting on it and a later picture after my dad and I did the brickfront. I did all the scraping and painting by myself,by the time I got done it was time to start again! Boy did I get off track,the last picture is the shop inside the chicken house,that is what you asked to begin with ,sorry for rambling on!,,,,Larry,,,By the way,the picture of the people on the front porch,,,, Im the little guy at the far right,my cousin and brother are there,there is only 2 of the older people still alive ,my moms twin sister and the lady I talk about who is our neighbor,my mom is taking the picture,she is gone,my dad is gone,my uncle ,and the neighbor that ias sitting next to me in the picture,all gone,

Larry,

Sorry for the belated reply. Just got home from a couple days at the hospital - our 18 year old son had an emergency appendectomy. He is doing great though, we got him in there before it perforated (which can be really bad news). I am exhausted.

Thanks for posting more pics. Interesting old buildings and unique configurations. I love the really long hinges on the barn doors and the old box-stall. The overhanging connection is unique too.

I remember seeing the shop pics in the past... did not connect them with your handle though. It is a neat shop.

Really neat that you have put so much work into restoring the old buildings. My husband did that here...every outbuilding on our place. He did all the work on it until our son was big enough to help with a couple. Husband did his best to maintain the look of an old fashioned building site.

Not sure if we will ever side the old barn - but he did a lot of structural work and put on a steel roof, so she will stand another hundred years (unless God decides to take her down). He straightened our old one car garage and put on a steel roof - it still needs siding. Husband and son busted out the the foundation out of the old granary (with sledge hammers - fun job), added a nice sized lean-to, new posts and sided and roofed it in steels. Sided and roofed our old hog house and added a south and a west lean too for shade...that building is now our shop.

First pic is our shop with the outhouse that he built near it. The second pic is the old granary (turned into a two car garage now). It is conjoined with the old chicken house.

Second pic is the old granary...now a double+ garage. The added lean-to is on the back side so you cannot see it, but it is deep enough to put a full sized vehicle or small tractor inside...does not have a door yet, but he framed it so a door and windows can easily be added when/if we decide to do that.

Still have a few things to do around here. In another 20 years it should all be done... then we will be pushing 70 and probably be too darn old to live here!


Still think you and your wife should live in PA... and just invite your Jersey friends out for weekends - the best of both worlds!
Sweetfeet

relly nice,Im glad all is well with your son,You have had some crazy schedule lately,be careful you dont get sick,,,Larry