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Pine Mountain Settlement School
\nSeries 10: BUILT ENVIRONMENT<\/h5>\n

THE BARN, 1917 – present<\/h2>\n
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Barn with silo. Photo by Arthur Dodd, c. 1940. [II_7_barn_287.jpg]<\/p><\/div>\n

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TAGS:<\/strong> Barn, Ethel de Long, Evelyn K. Wells, fundraising, Philip Roettinger, cows, horses, silo, William Hayes<\/p>\n

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Construction Cost: \u00a0$2,944.60<\/p>\n

Ethel de Long<\/a> started the construction of the Barn in the Fall of 1915. She went to the community to secure the lumber for the structure and laid out the basic plan. The Barn was completed in 1916.<\/p>\n

Evelyn K. Wells<\/a>, the School\u2019s\u00a0secretary (1916-1931) and acting director in 1931, wrote the following about\u00a0his fundraising for the School\u2019s dairy in her notes for an unpublished history of the School:<\/p>\n

Mr. Philip Roettinger of Cincinnati was one of the pioneers in helping us get the dairy on its feet. In 1914 he took charge of raising $500 for the barn, by sending out postcards asking for a dollar apiece. The barn was built*in the summer of 1915.<\/em><\/p>\n

According to a 1926 inventory the barn was constructed for a cost of $2,944.60. The design by Ethel de Long “on the suggestions of three architects,” was enlarged in 1917 and today remains largely as it was designed. In the early 1940s, the building and equipment were valued at $3,748.00.<\/p>\n

As designed, the Barn had milk stalls for twelve cows, four metal pens, a clothes-changing room for the dairy crew, three stalls for horses, harness room, and two feed rooms. A metal silo was added later. The silo was removed in the late 1950s when it became badly deteriorated and was no longer in use.<\/p>\n

The original Barn was built on the ground, which allowed water to seep into the Barn’s interior. For this reason, three-foot walls of concrete were added\u00a0in later years\u00a0to the base of the Barn proper to keep the inside dry. The horse stalls, however, were not given the concrete bases.<\/p>\n

In recent years the Barn has been used as storage for the school, though the basic components of the original design may readily be seen in the structure. In 2018, the barn was cleared of stored material and purposed for community events such as the sorghum stir-off and other farm activities.<\/p>\n

GALLERY: Barn<\/h3>\n\n\t\t