Saturday, November 29, 2008

Lot's of work to be done

Here is some of the deterioration that will have to be fixed



The south wall of the limestone barn has a huge crack and is bulging out about 8 inches at the top. This was created because over the years water leaked down the north side of the barn where the drive in ramp is located and as the freezing and thawing took place it pushed the opposite side (south) out causing the large crack and bulge.














Stones have been displaced.














Wood on the exterior is getting in bad shape.




Friday, November 28, 2008

The BIG decision

What to with this 1850's barn that was deteriorating 



We have owned the farm that the barn was built on, since 1998. In 2002 a house was built, after removing a granary, a dairy barn (1916 era) and house, this left only the limestone barn as part of the original farm.



In the fall of 2008, we made the big decision that the barn was just to much a part of the history of this land to let it fall down. Finding someone to do this kind of work was not easy, several contractors were found that could restore barns with limestone foundations but they didn't restore barns that were built totally out of limestone. Finally a contractor was found that could do the work.




Thursday, November 27, 2008



Restoration of an 1850's barn

The following is the story of the restoration and additions to 

              a limestone barn

This is the first post in the restoration process of a barn built in the 1850's. It is made of limestone, and is located near Liberty Creek, about a mile from the head waters of the creek, in Green County, WI on Liberty Creek Farm.