Corn crib & old garage/sheep barn. 1998

The building referred to as the corn crib was built in the 1920s. Hogs were raised in an addition below the crib where corn could easily be pitched to the hogs during feedings. The lot was covered with lean roof and had an open front. A farrowing building was added to this covered lot during the 1930s. During the 1960s the hog lot and farrowing area was remodeled. Structural instability can be seen today in the foundation and cement floors of this remodeled area. This addition was made during the Vietnam era and steel was in short supply. Very little steel was used to reinforce the walls and cement.

In the 1970s the corn crib was converted into a farrowing building. Having built a shell corn bin several years earlier, the building was no longer used for storing corn. After selling off all of the hogs the corn crib, covered hog lot and old farrowing areas have been used to store large round hay bales. Plans are to remodel the corn crib area to store and display antique farming equipment and tools.

Machine shed w/ addition & new garage. 98

A woodshed was built in the 1920s west of the home. Neighbors and friends would get together and have what was called a “Cutting Bee.” They would just cut wood all day to get their supply for winter. They would drag whole cut trees with tractors and have a large tractor mounted saw cut the logs, then men split the wood with mauls while the other family members stacked it.The wood shed later became used as a garage and repair shop until it was moved to another area of the farm in 1980 to be used for storage. To the east of the woodshed was a round sloped roof building that was used for a garage. It was razed to make way for the new garage. A steel covered pole-shed building was built in 1980 and has a partial cement floor and serves as a shop and garage.

Below the windmill stood a poultry house. This was used until the late 1980s. Above that stood a building over the cistern where the milk was stored in cans to cool.

In the 1960s a 30' x 40' steel machine shed was built west of the 1910 shed and in the early 1990s additions were built onto both sheds. To house young cattle a steel pole-shed was built in 1982. This building is located Northwest of the dairy barn

Before the “new” home was built in 1904 residents of the farm lived in a 2 story log home. After the log home was abandoned as living quarters the lean portion housed a steam engine. The lean later burnt after the engine caught it aflame. The windmill that pumped the water for the log cabin was moved to a location near the new house. This log home was located east of where the present home sits.

The area within the present yard where an apple orchard grows, once stood a “Hops House”. This was used to store the hops that were grown on the hillside behind the house. This possibly may have been built in the 1880s as the abstract states that the farm was leased for 4 years for the purpose of growing hops. The hops were sold to the Potosi Brewery and possibly to the British Hollow Brewery.