1240 Warnerville Barn

This timber-framed barn is built primarily from rough-sawn eastern hemlock and pine timbers. The main connecting ties measure 10"x11", and the wall posts are also very large. Note how the queen posts are leaning over, or "canted."  Canted queen posts are an interesting feature of post-1840 barns. They were used to open the center of the barn's loft and allow for the unhindered operation of a ridge-mounted hay track, which came into wide-spread use after 1840.