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.