Monday, March 19, 2012

The Big Barn



Barn Charm 23. I've posted a few barns on here for Tricia's Barn Charm and I've often heard the comment on the size of the barns here in south central Pennsylvania. It's true. Barns around here are used by the farmer for everything from storing hay and grains, parking farming implements and tractors and many have the milking parlor on the ground floor. Often called a bank barn, you can actually see the man made bank on this one, so they could pull the wagon loads of hay onto the second floor lofts. This one is also called a Pennsylvania Barn because of the overhang on the front of the barn. You can see that they blocked in in and put a door in this side of it. This barn isn't way out in the boonies either. Sitting just across the Swatara Creek from Middletown, it literally sits in the shadows of Three Mile Island, located just 3 miles south of the barn.


It's been a while, so don't forget to go over to the Official Barn Charm site to see everybody's barns. Just click on the old barn below here.



16 comments:

Mari said...

As you said, it's a huge barn! I love the cupolas on it!

TexWisGirl said...

wow! the cupolas are like steeples! NICE!

Elizabeth Edwards said...

wow, that is a huge barn. luv the cupolas. so great!! (:

Rose said...

It is a wonderful barn...just love to see any of them really.

Kim, USA said...

Wow that's huge barn. The cupola is beautiful.

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Evelyn S. said...

Gigantic! I like the history you provided, too...particularly about the hay wagons being taken up that ramp to the second level.

Saun said...

That is a huge barn nice shot!

Grandma Barb's This and That said...

That is a huge barn. Love the 3 cupolas.

Brian King said...

That's a very cool barn, Haney! It looks enormous. I'd love to see the inside of something like that.

Tanya Breese said...

i really like this one....those cupolas are super!

Tatjana Parkacheva said...

Beautiful big barn.
Beautiful photos, too. I especially like the second one.

Regards and best wishes

Judy said...

Wow, you do have big barns compared to my area. Love the cupolas.

Elaine said...

This is a wonderful barn and I love those cupolas! We've traveled a bit in your area, and there are so many of these huge old barns. The great part is that so many of them are still in use.

Kathy said...

Massive and beautiful! Must belong to a prosperous farmer.

Anonymous said...

That size is what I'd call massive, esp compared to barns here in SeMo! =) Love those cupolas!

Thanks for joining =)

Carole said...

What an absolutely fabulous barn! It almost looks like two parts joined as one (perhaps built at different points in time). I love the second shot featuring the cupola's.

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