2008 Family/Private Adaptive Use Lewis and
Carroll J. Hole Barn Harrison
This Gothic 56' x 28' barn is 60' high and was
built in 1911. When the Hole family purchased the farm in 1963, the
shake-shingled dairy barn bore the effects of water damage from a hole in the
roof that had rotted flooring. In addition, the barn was leaning to the point of
being "on the verge of collapse." Careful cabling, straightening, and concrete
reinforcing along with the replacement of the roof and bad flooring have given
this barn new life as a storage and work facility. The unusual framing inside
the barn has led to the story that the barn had to have been built by sailors
because "if you were to turn it upside down it would look like the bottom of a
boat."
This Gothic 56' x 28' barn is 60' high and was
built in 1911. When the Hole family purchased the farm in 1963, the
shake-shingled dairy barn bore the effects of water damage from a hole in the
roof that had rotted flooring. In addition, the barn was leaning to the point of
being "on the verge of collapse." Careful cabling, straightening, and concrete
reinforcing along with the replacement of the roof and bad flooring have given
this barn new life as a storage and work facility. The unusual framing inside
the barn has led to the story that the barn had to have been built by sailors
because "if you were to turn it upside down it would look like the bottom of a
boat."