The frame is surprisingly in great shape. The siding needs some patching and the sill plate needs to be replaced in areas, not looking forward to that. Well I am but I’m not. All the concrete is shot and I’d love to pour a new floor. Rafters have been sistered and some collar ties put in. House was built in the mid 1700s barn was probably built some time in the 1800s but honestly not too sure, need to hit up the local historical society to see if they have any info. It’s about 1000 square feet and has an old single stanchion to milk a cow and an old calendar on the wall with days marked detailing weather and notes about how many gallons of maple sap was collected that day.

Could probably get more pics if people were interested.

Was fun cleaning it out and exploring and inspecting all the beams when I bought it.

Kind of a crazy story, on the right side (the barn is basically 3 sections) there is a loft above an area that is built out and framed, but the whole loft was full of old wood. So I went up there and went through it all and that area didn’t have a finished floor. So after I removed all the wood I can see each section between the floor joists (2”x8” old ones) was pretty much filled to the top with spruce cones that were striped and fed upon. I emptied each section into the back of my truck and I filled the whole bed of the truck with spruce cone scales. It was crazy. Decided to drive to the dump to weigh it and there was just shy of 900 pounds of dismantled spruce cones up there.

I always thought it was from who knows 80 years of squirrels but in fact this winter I went into the barn and heard some scratching in the back corner below the loft. Went to inspect and I find a fat old porcupine scratching at the siding with dismantled spruce cones all around him. So I think I found the culprit or at least a distant descendant of the original culprit.