Barn-Raising Demonstration

Friday & Saturday—
The raising of a barn frame

Come over to the barn-raising site by the herb garden area and see the way early homesteaders handcrafted barns from logs felled from the virgin forest using a broadax, adz and handsaw. On Friday and Saturday we'll assemble and raise the wall beams of an eighteenth-century barn.

Annual Benefit Auction

Saturday evening - the auction of two historic barn frames

On Saturday, November 24, we will auction off two historic barn frames and one timber frame handcrafted from new timbers by sealed bid to the highest bidder*, with all proceeds going to The Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Culture.

Timber Frame 1: New World Dutch barn

Combining an Old World architectural form dating from the eleventh century with the virgin forest resources of the New World resulted in a handcrafted building that was never seen before and can never be reproduced again. A masterpiece from a bygone age preserved in the sublime simplicity of a working building with over two centuries of stories to tell, this building will speak of quality, craftsmanship and tradition to all who enter it.

We have recently found a classic, surviving example of an early New York Dutch Barn, also known as a New World Dutch Barn, in Fulton County, New York. It was built circa 1750, but during modern times it eluded detection as a Dutch barn because it was incorporated into a larger barn in the late 1800’s that masked its original Dutch barn configuration. Heritage Restorations has now carefully dismantled this historic building and is restoring it to its original form as a true Dutch barn.

Dimensions: 40' x 40' – 1,600 sq. ft.
Minimum bid: $125,000

The sale price includes the complete timber frame structure cleaned, restored, fumigated, delivered and reerected on your foundation**.
Barn will be available to view at the Fair.
New World Dutch Barn Dimensional Drawings (click below to view):

Learn more about this masterpiece barn, restored by Heritage Restorations.

Timber Frame 2: The Fox Creek Barn

This timber-framed barn was originally built circa 1830 in upstate New York. The main beams in this classic English-framed barn are all hand-hewn from old-growth timber.

Dimensions: 24' x 36' – 864 sq. ft.
Minimum bid: $38,000

The sale price includes the complete timber frame structure cleaned, restored, fumigated, delivered and reerected on your foundation**.
Barn will be available to view at the Fair.
Fox Creek Barn Dimensional Drawings (click below to view):

Timber Frame 3: The 2012 Ploughshare Barn

This timber-framed barn is built from yellow pine timber. The size of the ground level is designed so a two-car garage or workshop could have doors either on the side or on the gable end. The upstairs loft area is very tall and could easily finish out as a guest room or garage apartment.

Dimensions: 20' x 36' – 720 sq. ft.
Minimum bid: $22,000

The sale price includes the complete timber frame structure cleaned, restored, fumigated, delivered and erected on your foundation**.
Barn will be available to view at the Fair.
Ploughshare Barn Dimensional Drawings (click below to view):

Historic Buildings Tour

On Friday and Saturday afternoons, join us at 4:30 for a walking tour of seven restored buildings at Brazos de Dios. Over the years, we have moved these eighteenth- and nineteenth-century buildings from various parts of the United States and rebuilt them at our farm, not out of a desire to live in the past, but to preserve the good things of the past for the present and the future.

* Bids may be submitted any time prior to 6:00 pm Saturday, November 24, after which time all bids will be opened and the winner announced. All bids and inquiries may be directed to Kevin Durkin, care of Heritage Restorations, 257 Fort Graham Rd, Waco TX—or call (254) 744-4148. Bids may be submitted at the fair or via e-mail to kevin@heritagebarns.com. During the fair, for information about the barn frame or the bidding, please ask for Kevin Durkin or Caleb Tittley at the barn-raising area.

** Ask about international delivery.