OLD BARN № 020
From many accounts I have heard, the building of a barn was frequently a community project. When someone needed a barn, materials were procured, and everyone who lived nearby participated in the "barn raising." The favor was returned when someone else needed a barn, a fence erected around a pasture, repairs to their house, or help in their fields.
My mother's family lived on a working farm that was in a community of other active farms. She and her brother told me that each family worked their own farms during the spring and summer. But during the harvest-time, entire families would work side-by-side with other families to gather the crops from first one farm, and then another, until everyone's farms had been worked.
• OLD BARN № 020, PHOTO BY ME •
I strongly suspect that this property was part of a much larger homestead, as there is an adjacent field and a farm pond that now appears to be part of someone else's property. Part of the original farm might have been sold to another person, but often large properties in this area are subdivided to family members. Betty Sue and her husband will take a small chunk of her parent's property and erect a house on it, while her brother Eugene and his wife build next door to her on another small piece of family land. The parents will then deed that bit of land to their children, so they can do with it as they wish.
In the aerial view below, another driveway can be seen cutting-across the landscape between the barn and the farm pond. This leads to a house that is back in the trees, off the top of the screenshot, and is probably on land that was subdivided from the original tract.
• SCREENSHOT FROM GOOGLE MAPS, "AERIAL VIEW" •
• SCREENSHOT FROM GOOGLE MAPS, "STREET VIEW" •
😊!steemitworldmap 34.646461 lat -82.698059 long Anderson County, SC D3SCR
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There really is a nice, atmospheric feel seeing old buildings like barns and other historic buildings.
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I agree 100% with all your seven reasons about why we love, and are intrigued, with old barns. I love the feel of the weathered barn boards; they're almost soft to the touch.
You've managed to capture it well and I love it, but I have to disappoint you. I don't think the owner is going to keep it fit. That already looks like it needs immediate attention. Would can't be neglected for long without consequences but let's hope I'm wrong!
Great photo. Love the "rainbow" effect.
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When I look at old barns I always think about the activity that took place around it and the people that called that barn the work place.
Very nice shot, glad your are keeping your project alive and sharing it with us.
I love this project. This post reminded me of my father's family homestead just north of where I grew up. His family settled in a tiny community called Burnley and at one time some called the area "Little Ireland" because they bred like bunnies. As the family grew and had families of their own the land was portioned off for the them to build on.
A good chunk of the original land was given to my Great great grandfather, who was a United Empire Loyalist, by the Government.
The old barns were still there the last time I was by the land, including part of barn that my father helped build over 80 years ago. I wish I had pictures. With luck I'll be able to go back and get some shots before the buildings are gone. Thanks for the memories @thekittygirl.
I just love old barns