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The Charles Fish Barn - Information and Specifications

Information/Specs

Drawings
Floor Plan
Bents
Elevation

Photos
Before Dismantling
During Dismantling
Names on timbers

Date Constructed: Ca 1850

Building Tradition: English framing - Five bays with center threshing floor
Siding: Clapboard

Dimensions:
Width: 32 feet
Length: 60 feet, 4 inches
Area: 1915 Square Feet
Height at plate: 20 feet
Height at purlin: ca 24 feet, 6 inches
Height at peak: ca 29 feet, 10 inches

Special features: 11 inch by 19 inch by 32 foot swingbeam in Bent D, granary, purlin system

Original Location: Farm owned by Charles, Andrew, and Margaret Fish between 1838 and ca 1880 on Federal City Road, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey (now the site of the Mercer County Equestrian Center)

Dismantling:
Measured: Aprl 1994, 3 March 1995
Drawings made: 10, 11 March 1995
Dismantled: Winter 1996-1997 (December-February)
Restored and Stored: 1997-2005 by New Jersey Barn Company

New Location: Howell Living History Farm Visitor's Center, Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey

Raised at Howell Farm: May 14, 2005