Barrel Barn Locationless (Reverse) Cache
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Only a handful of round barns survive today, & so few remain that they are considered *an endangered species* & are registered with the NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
A successful *find* contains the following:
1. Photo of self INCLUDING your GPS/r with ROUND BARN.
2. Coordinates and any history, including historic markers, etc. of your special landmark.
3. Application (if any) of *your* round barn today.
4. Only 1 ROUND BARN per team & the same barn can only be used once.
5. It must be a barn--no other round farm structures. Also cannot be logged on another cache.
The above coordinates are to a BARREL BARN in Pennsylvania which is up for grabs!
Most round barns were built between 1900-1920, primarily in the Northeast & then the MidWest. The Shakers, who built the FIRST ROUND BARN, believed the CIRCLE to be the most perfect shape & loved the round barn for its economy of labor.
There are 2 distinct shapes of round barns: the polygonal barn consists of 5 or more equal sides & the truly round barn (aka *BARREL BARN*).
Our example is still very much alive & well in Adams County, Pennsylvania, & is well-known as one of Adams County's special landmarks. This spectacular structure was built in 1914 by the Noah Sheely family.
It is an awesome sight to stand on the top floor of the barn & gaze up, up & up to view the incredible skeletal structure of the roof. What is even more amazing is realizing that when the barn was built there were no high-tech, high-powered machines - just ingenuity & manpower.
In fact, the builder, John Fritz of nearby CASHTOWN (did he say *CACHE*-town?), one of Adams County's best builders, armed ONLY with his trusty saw, axe & square, BICYCLED the 5 miles from his home each morning to work on the round barn construction.
The circumference of the barn is 282', with a diameter of over 87'. As was characteristic of round barns, this was constructed around a central silo measuring 60' high & 12' wide, with storage capacity of 145 tons of silage.
The silo is the *hub*, with 38 spokes that form the interior structure & support for the 2nd floor.All but 1 of the *spokes* are single lengths of wood - each nearly 37' long! The barn as it was originally constructed could house 50 head of cattle & about 16 horses/mules.
Our historic round barn is now a farm market.
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