Community Corner

Another Peek at Zook Barn

The historical commission dug up another photo of the recently featured historical site.

When we featured Zook Barn as a recent historical photo challenge, we used a Library of Congress photo. In the comments section, Paula K, noted that she had photographed the barn, too:

When we were taking the pictures for the township files, in the 1980's it was in very sad shape...not nearly as good as this photo. This is probably the Library of Congress collection from the 1930's era? Not too many log barns in this area, most were fieldstone.

East Whiteland Historical Commission member Tim Caban took a look and found one of those photos. Taken in 1979, it is presumably the last photo taken of the barn:

The barn was razed on May 25, 1985.  If you look in the picture, there was also a stone building to the right of the picture that was described as "A stone building for a carriage perhaps, or storage.  Extended pole near peak at front - maybe used when slaughtering animals."

 

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