The oldest barn between Pop's place and mine was built in 1907 with cedar poles. They are reduced by about a third below grade, but still solid. There is a corn crib from the same era that now serves as the shop. Grandpa put a metal roof on both, which is the only reason they still stand. The rest of the pole barns and sheds were built anywhere from the 1950s up to one I haven't finished. On both farms, there are a total of 14 pole-style buildings varying from small to very large, plus a handful of foundation/sill style buildings. All the pole-style buildings used creosoted poles, buried 3-4 feet in silty loam soil. All were backfilled with the soil that came out of the hole. When we poured a slab around them, we wrapped them with tar paper against the concrete. We did that mostly so if we needed to replace the pole, we could pull the old one out easier. There are 3 poles total that currently need to be replaced, two of which were planted in the 1950s. Nothing has sank. I have started to powder the holes with ant poison before backfilling, but I don't know how much that helps against carpenter ants. Time will tell.
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