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Butler County, PA : Barn Trail


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December 2011 (post link) saw us through Butler, Pennsylvania and the Barns of Butler County Barn Trail : Three years ago and heading out, early Winter, as opposed to heading home, early Spring.

Butler County Tourism has updated and reprinted their Barn Trail Brochure: interesting historical information and additional barn sites.

Four of five chosen sites this trip proved worthy of photographing. Only one was a repeated from 12/2011.

The Fairfield Farm barn at 725 Three Degree Road in Butler measures out at 40′ X 70′ and was built in 1914.

BarnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-BrnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-6Y9A2956Three functional cupolas across the five story roof line add an architectural detail  along with the sliding doors, window-vents, and paint scheme that make this barn memorable.

A ‘bank barn’ located on a piece of flat land forced the builder to construct a dirt ‘bank’ to provide access to the second level. A cistern is built into the ‘bank’. Gutters collect rain water from the roof and downspouts carry the water to the cistern. A valve on the lower level allows the water to flow directly to a watering trough.

The adjoining fields were manured but not yet turned.

BarnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-BrnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-6Y9A2976 BarnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-BrnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-6Y9A2992 BarnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-BrnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-6Y9A3007The Powell Farm at 9600 Goehring Road, Cranberry Township is a repeat from the 2011 tour.

Built in 1864 the barn measures out at 36′ X 90′. The siloed-barn and outbuildings on this working farm are well kept and maintained. The original building materials came off the surrounding lands.

The Powell Farm fields were partially turned.

BarnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-BrnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-6Y9A3025 BarnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-BrnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-6Y9A3038 BarnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-BrnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-6Y9A3048 BarnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-BrnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-6Y9A3066The Wimer Barn of West Park Road, Portersville was built in 1893 at 56′ X 40′.

Originally a dairy farm of 120 acres it has grown to 200 acres and is currently farmed only for grain.

Since 1834, five generations of the Wimer Family have lived on this farm.

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The Miller Farm of West Liberty Road in Slippery Rock built in the late 1800’s is the site of the Miller Esker behind and beyond the barn.

BarnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-BrnsButlerCounty-04.19.2014-6Y9A3081The Miller Esker is a long, high ridge covered with grass that is recognized as the largest and best-preserved esker in Pennsylvania. The esker was formed millions of years ago by a glacier that melted and left a line of sand, gravel and stones (called a moraine). Violet Miller the owner of the land from 1970 until recently, had the foresight and wisdom to protect and preserve nearly 32 acres of an untouched portion of the esker and wetlands behind it by selling the land to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. The Miller Esker is a half-mile long, 360-foot wide and 40-foot high portion of this geological phenomenon that winds through northern Butler County.

Portions of the text and much of the information in this post are directly from the 09-2012 Butler County Tourism brochure Bulter County, PA ~ Barn Trail.

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Posted by bigdawg on April 19, 2014

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