Posted by Hal/ Eastern WA on September 25, 2013 at 16:28:34 from (97.115.189.181):
In Reply to: sad nj randomnis posted by Larry@stinescorner on September 25, 2013 at 15:22:19:
It is sad to see them go downhill like that. It wouldn"t take THAT much investment to make the barn serviceable again--tin on the roof, maybe a little structural work, especially around the left ventilator. If they do nothing, at least part of the roof will probably cave in, if you get very much snow there sometime.
Over 50 years, I watched a large barn in the Spokane Valley get neglected, finally until they had to tear it down. It was on the way to our church, so I saw it almost every week. I always wished there had been some way that we could have moved it to our place, but that was not something that was economically feasible.
When they tore the barn down, there was an article in the local paper about the barn. The original owner had a hauling business that carried wagonloads of clay from the Spokane Valley to somewhere in Spokane. He built the barn to deal with his draft horses and other farm needs. The article mentioned that while the barn was being built, the owner was extremely picky about the lumber used--he would reject any that had ANY knots. 100 or so years ago, there were many old growth trees that could provide such good lumber. Today it would cost a fortune to build that way, if you even could find lumber without knots. I was pleased to see that the barn was carefully dismantled, and the article said there were plans to build decorative items with the salvaged lumber. I was still sorry to see the barn go.
When we moved to our ranch in the late 50"s, the old barn there was in pretty poor repair. My Dad and my brother and I did lots of work on it, installing a concrete foundation, putting in some new floors, straightening the roof and adding sheet metal, and siding the barn with cedar that we painted red.
We sold the farmstead about 20 years ago, but I still drive by often, as I live just down the road on another corner of our old ranch. It is nice to see the barn still in constant use, with the ridge line straight as an arrow and the overall condition looking pretty fine. I wish they would paint it again, as I don"t think that has been done since Dad and I did it in about 1985. Lots of memories connected with that barn!!! I spent a TON of time in and around it.
I hope someone sees fit to fix up the barn in your photos. BTW, thanks for all the neat photos you post! Good luck!
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