Restoration Plan

Restoration Chronology
Horse Barn
Working Barn
1920s Fill-in
1940s Add-on

Restoration Discoveries & Questions

To follow the restoration of the Horse Barn click on the region of interest. This will bring up a page devoted to that region. The text is interspersed with links to photographs that pertain to what is described. The photos open for viewing in a new window. After viewing, the photo window can be closed by clicking the X in the upper righthand corner. To compare two photographs, they can be opened in separate windows and the windows can be resized and positioned for best viewing conditions.

Evolution of the Horse Barn

The Horse Barn about 1840 when it was built

The Horse Barn about 1900, the period interpreted by Howell Farm. The cupola and the large hay door and loading track in the south wall peak have been added.

The Horse Barn in the late 1920s, the barn has been expanded by the Cromwell family to accomodate a larger herd of dairy cows.

The Horse Barn in the late 1950s, the barn was further expanded by the Cromwell family in the 1940s to accomodate more dairy cows. The outline shows the location of a cement block milk house built in the 1950s when the barn housed dairy goats. The south door in the west wall has been moved to provide access to the milk house.

The Horse Barn in 2001 just before restoration began. The milk house was removed in the 1980s and the doors on the west wall were covered over.