[TanyaKB]

I recently took photographs of a friend's barn that was going to be torn down. I'm looking for any information about this barn. Example: time frame it was built, the different types of builds from that era, etc. I'm putting together a photo book with this information in it.
Thank you in advance

 

[the farmer 3]

look up your area history
see when it wa s settled
the first thing they built was barns
im guessing 1800 to 1850

 

[HayMike]

The timber framing is similar to ours that burned. It was on the local map in 1876. Ohio.

 

[Ox76]

Wood pegs and mostly sawed timbers with some half round trees and hand hewed areas. I don't know where you are but in upstate NY our old barn was just like that and around 1820 to 1830 is when sawmills started taking over hand hewing.

 

[jerseybud]

I see some beams that were milled not hand hewn. And then the logs with hand hewn areas like was said
And then on pic 7 a hand hewn post
At least one oak beam
Of course the cupola
Dont see a ton of very wide boards but doesnt look like much of original floors or siding is left either.
Would love to see some nails and see if stamped or wire type. Region would help as well.
Tough to guess without seeing types of nails. wide range of 1840-1890 with that cupola and even that seems a narrow guess.
Thats a shame, was a very nice barn when new

 

[slowzuki]

Our barn is similar construction, loyalist barn built sometime after 1783 likely around 1800-1830. Ours had the original roof replaced with a gambrel roof in 1950 after it was moved the 2nd time in its life.