TPF - Nipmoose - German Barn - Before
Photographs by Constance Kheel
The German Barn’s appearance was stolid, but worn, when first purchased by The Persistence Foundation in 2000. Gaping holes in the siding had subjected some of its major beams to rot, and its concrete foundation walls were fatally cracked.
Still, the German Barn’s enormous red oak timbers seemed more than sufficient to forestall assaults from the elements and neglect.
The sturdiness of the German Barn was perhaps its most prominent characteristic. The source of its strength derived from a double set of cross beams in each of its five sections. The long tenons of its cross beams were mortised into the side wall posts and secured with pairs of wooden pins. More