Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

He r i t a g e Ba r n s of Washington State

Heritage Barn Advisory Committee Report

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Dr. Allyson Brooks, Director of the Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation, ex officio Larry Cooke, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Spokane Teddie Mae Charlton, Washington Cattlemen’s Association - Ellensburg Paula Holloway, Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) - Wahkiakum County Jerri Honeyford, Chair Janet Lucas, Washington State Farm Bureau - Lewis County Faye Rainwater, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation - Dayton He r i t a g e Ba r n Brian Rich, King County Landmarks Commission - King County Ad v i s o r y Co m m i t t e e Jack Williams, Governor’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation - Seattle 2007-2009 Jeanne Youngquist, Washington Association of County Officials (WACO) – Skagit County

Dr. Allyson Brooks, Director of the Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation, ex officio Tom Bassett, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation - Wenatchee Teddie Mae Charlton, Washington Cattlemen’s Association - Ellensburg Jerri Honeyford, Chair Brian Rich, King County Landmarks Commission - King County Robert Riley, Walla Walla County Farm Bureau - Walla Walla He r i t a g e Ba r n Jamie Tolfree, Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) - Skamania County Ad v i s o r y Co m m i t t e e Jack Williams, Governor’s Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, -Seattle 2009-2011 Jeanne Youngquist, Washington Association of County Officials (WACO) – Skagit County 1 Heritage Barns of Washington State

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Ta b l e o f Co n t e n t s Heritage Barn Nominations - Round 1-7...... 4.

Number of Barns by Year Built ...... 4.

Heritage Register Barn Applicants Per County...... 4.

Number of Barns by Paint Color...... 4.

Barn Forms & Types...... 4.

Heritage Barn Counties Served...... 5.

Heritage Barn Listings...... 6.

Southeast Section...... 6.

Southwest Section ...... 18

Northwest Section...... 26

Northeast Section...... 42

Heritage Barn Grant Recipients ...... 49

Heritage Barn Plaque Program...... 59

Washington State Barn Forms & Types...... 60

by Jerri Honeyford, Chair of the Heritage Barn Advisory Committee and by the Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation 3 Heritage Barns of Washington State

He r i t a g e Ba r n No m i n a t i o n s - Ro u n d 1-7

Nu m b e r o f Ba r n s b y Ye a r Bu i l t Nu m b e r o f Ba r n s b y Pa i n t Co l o r Blue 1 1 0 Green Yellow 3 2 1 0 1 5 Brown Grey 8 Grey 16 Blue White 62 56 45 Yellow

No Paint Brown 27 Red 150 22 23 182 White 9 1 Red pre 1879 1880-89 1890-99 1900-09 1910-19 1920-29 1930-39 1940-49 1950-59 Not Painted

Green He r i t a g e Re g i s t e r Ba r n App l i c a n t s Pe r Co u n t y Ba r n Fo r m s & Ty p e s

Whatcom Round/Bow Truss 8 15 Pend Oreille Ferry 3 San Juan Skagit Okanogan 1 Hip 2 10 54 1 Stevens 6 Gable-on-Hip 4 Island Clallam 14 Snohomish Centric 5 4 23 Chelan 3 Western 12 Je erson Kitsap Douglas Lincoln 5 4 9 Spokane 6 King 31 Gothic 32 Mason 22 4 Dutch 40 Grays Harbor Grant 2 Kittitas 2 Adams Pierce 14 8 Whitman Salt Box 26 Thurston 32 3 33 Broken Gable 56 Pacic Lewis Franklin 2 Yakima 2 Gareld Gable 90 Wahkiakum 11 20 Columbia 2 8 Cowlitz 9 Asotin Dutch Gambrel 71 Combined Skamania Benton Walla Walla 2 0 13 2 make up largest 3 English Gambrel 55 type in State Klickitat Clark 13 } 12 4 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

He r i t a g e Ba r n Co u n t i e s Se r v e d

Northeast Section Whatcom Pend Oreille Northwest SectionSan Juan Skagit Okanogan Ferry

Island Snohomish Stevens Clallam Chelan

Jefferson Douglas Kitsap Spokane King Lincoln Mason Grant Grays Harbor Kittitas Pierce Adams Thurston Whitman

Mason Lewis Franklin Garfield Yakima Columbia Wahkiakum Asotin Cowlitz Skamania Benton Walla Walla

Klickitat Southwest Section Clark Southeast Section

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He r i t a g e Ba r n Li s t i n g s An often repeated Every barn has a story . These images and the stories were chosen from the Heritage Barn Registry applications submitted by the owners . story in northwestern Washington is typified by the Trueman farm J P Fox Inc. Fox Barn near Sedro‑Wooley. 1051 S Fox Road, Othello Peter Trueman came 1904 from England in 1884 Southeast Section making his way up the Skagit River to stake a Adams claim. He then went to work at a logging Bar U Ranch camp in Lyman to save McGregor Barns Krause Barn 2711 Ankeny Lane, Benge E 2247 Rehn Road, Ritzville up enough money to 1915, 1919 1901 purchase land which he did in 1898. In 1912 he built his dream dairy barn with wood from the Lyman mill. At Calf Creek Cattle Inc Andrew Lund Barn the time there was no Melgren Barn 136 S . Mack Road, Benge 925 S . Wahl Road, Lind market for whole milk, 1923 1907 but they separated the cream which they took to the creamery Galbreath Land & in Sedro‑Wooley. Livestock John W. Baird Barn Red Goose Inc. Farm Later they trucked 1301 Weber Avenue, Ritzville John Lobe Barn whole milk to the circa 1905 2389 N Damon Road, Odessa Carnation condensery 1915 in Mount Vernon. The sixth generation is now taking care of the barn. Asotin Bolick Farm Harris Ranch Eli Bolick Barn 1979 E Gering Road, Ritzville 30165 Hwy 129, Asotin circa 1910 6 circa 1895 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Sunrise Ranch Delored Barn 12062 Shumaker Grade, Anatone Davis Barn 1909 115 Rose Gulch, Dayton 1887

Fourth generation Benton ranchers are using the 1880 barn on the Groff Barn Weary Farm in Touchet. 156504 W IOE Highway, Prosser Hancock Farm 1918 102 Carpenter Road, Prescott In the late 1870’s Edwin 1917 Weary bought land on the Walla Walla River with $670 in gold coin. His barn was built by Hand Print Farms itinerant barn builders Ziebarth Barn Jackson Farm 140318 West North River Road, Richard Jackson Silo who traveled through Prosser 825 Hwy 261, Starbuck the Palouse country. It 1908 1940 stored wheat and wool which were shipped by wagon, then rail, then steam boat down Legend Farm the Columbia River to Dober Ranch market. 12801 N . Pioneer Road, Prosser Shiloh Farm circa 1905 36134 Highway 12, Dayton 1908 Columbia Bar Z Ranch / Johnson Hollow Paquet Place Smith-McMunn Farm 108 Johnson Hollow, Dayton 905 Whetstone Road, Dayton circa 1910 circa 1890 7 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Garfield Springacres Ranch Dodge Farm Frank Neace Barn Dodge Station Barn 114 Lost Springs Lane, Waitsburg 2 Owens Road, Pomeroy 1909 circa 1905

The barn of the Sunrise Ranch in Anatone was Standring Barn built in 1912 and still 615 Lower Hogeye Road, Van Vogt Family Farm houses horses. The Waitsburg 555 Pomeroy Hill Road, Pomeroy owners were one of Circa 1881 circa 1910 the 105 applications in the first round for Kittitas the Heritage Barn matching grant. When Acheson Ranch they didn’t receive Thorn Farm 3220 Riverbottom Road, a grant, they just Davis Hollow Road, Dayton Ellensburg circa 1885 circa 1885 decided to do the work themselves and sent us pictures of the finished barn. Good for them! Franklin Blue Heron Farm Hart Farm 371 Heron Farm Lane, 5460 Lind Road, Connell Ellensburg 1915 1912

Jo-So Ranch Borin - Bullock Barn State Road 261, Kahlotus 4621 Rader Road, Ellensburg 1912 circa 1910 8 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Old McNeil Ranch Cheryl’s Shetlands 4311 Umptanum Road, 791 Watson Road, Ellensburg Ellensburg circa 1910 1906

The Hengen barn Flying Pig Farm was built around 4461 Umptanum Road, Page Farms 1900 20 miles south Ellensburg 683 Goodwin Road, Thorp of Spokane on the circa 1916 1889 Spangle-Waverly Road. There were 13 original buildings in the farmstead, but only the house and the Hansen Farm Shelton Ranch barn have survived. 5810 Naneum Road, Ellensburg 8411 Lyons Road, Ellensburg They have been in the 1927 circa 1910 Hengen family for 97 years. The family says there is a time capsule in the barn’s cupola! Miller Barn Storms Barn 541 Seaton Road, Cle Elum 1011 Sisters Road, Thorp circa 1930 circa 1910

Northwestern Improvement Co. Barn U Lazy U Farms 201 N . 1st Street, Roslyn 1640 Kittitas Hwy, Ellensburg circa 1900 circa 1895 9 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Zuke Farmstead Grabner Farms Hwy 97, Vicinity of Ellensburg Jordan Place circa 1890 300 Middle Road, Bickleton circa 1910 Klickitat

Carlson Barn The Dooley barn in 343 Appleton Road, Lyle Kayser Ranch Walla Walla is one of circa 1890 730 Dalles Mt . Road, Centerville our oldest. It was built 1900 by the U.S. Government to house the horses and mules of the cavalry sometime in Crocker Ranch the 1860’s. The horses 366 Simcoe Mountain Road, Lasley Ranch and mules hauled Centerville 3384 Bickleton Hwy, Bickleton goods to the forts of 1915 circa 1917 Washington Territory.

Doubletree Ranches 355 Matsen Road, Bickleton Bill Mains Ranch 1907 100 Gander Road, Bickleton circa 1892

Grabner Farms Masters Barn Ellis Place 939 Dalles Mountain Road, 550 Middle Road, Bickleton Centerville 1898 circa 1930 10 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Beechinor, Thomas, Ranch Randall Tree Farm 5323 Cottonwood Road, 51 Bristol Road, White Salmon Walla Walla 1945 circa 1890

The barn at Friendly Haven farm in Sarsfield Farm Battleground was built 669 Dalles Mountain Road, Centennial Farm Centerville 2702 Reser Road, Walla Walla, in 1918 of downed 1914 1883 cedar trees from the disastrous forest fire called the Yacolt burn. Swedish immigrant Anders Martensen Shady Nook Farm Moberg built the barn 1745 BZ-Glenwood Dooley Family Farm Hwy, Glenwood 3104 Russell Creek Road, Walla Walla with the help of his 1920 circa 1860 neighbors. It took them 3 days. The barn remained in the Moberg family until 2002. Solstad Farm Foothills Farm 737 Sunnyside Road, Trout Lake 4754 Russell Creek Road, Walla Walla circa 1910 1917

Walla Walla George Elmenhurst Aldrich Centennial Farm Farm George Graybill Farmstead 6880 E . Highway 12, Waitsburg 2245 S . Wilbur Avenue, Walla Walla Circa 1885 1920 11 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Kibler Family Farm 1048 Spring Creek Road, Weary Farm Waitsburg 1196 Sandpit Road, Touchet 1918 1880

Riley Farm White Farms The Han Shan barn 1281 Riley Road, Walla Walla, 746 Smith Road, Walla Walla in Colville is one of 1957 1885 our few log barns. It was built between 1921-23. The family’s Whitman 12-year-old son ran Seitz Barn away from school to Frazier Barn 3991 Powerline Road, Ben Krom Farm help build the barn. He Walla Walla 22351 SR 127, LaCrosse just couldn’t stand not circa 1903 circa 1919 being there.

Vickroy Farm Bernt Lehn Farms 3853 Touchet North Road, 8402 Farmington Road, Touchet Farmington circa 1915 circa 1902

W.H. Plucker Farm 12650 Touchet North Road, Bofenkamp Farm Touchet 16872 SR 27, Palouse circa 1905 1912 12 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Broeckel Farm Cook, William, Ranch 22901 State Route 127, LaCrosse 29702 SR 23, Lamont circa 1907 1917

In Waitsburg there is only 1 barn remaining Brown Barns Dailey Barn 1901 Oakesdale Road, Oakesdale 2903 Nelson Road, Garfield of the 3 built by 1929, 1928 1904 Milton Aldrich and his brother who bought adjoining ranches after saving enough Brown Farm money working in the G.A. Draper Barn Darling Ranch California gold mines 2952 Draper-Brown Road, George Darling Barn Garfield Getz - E . Severs Road, Colfax in the late 1850’s. The 1878 1922 Aldrich Centennial Farm has been worked by 4 generations of the Aldrich family. Comegys, George, Farm NE Corner of Hwy 195 & Eriksen Barn Oaksdale Road, Thornton 102 Eriksen Road, St . John 1926 1915

Gordon Farm Cook Family Ranch James Gordon Barn 1202 Bowen Road, Lamont 13301 Pine City Road, St . John 1927 1906 13 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Heidenreich Dairy Moore Family Ranch 1751 SR 272, Colfax 511 Big Alki Road, Hay 1910 1928

Heilsberg Farm Gustav Heilsberg Farm Old Bush Place 301 Klaus Road, Colfax 502 Carothers Road, Pullman The Bradley barn 1904 1922 of Rockford near Spokane was built in 1904 for 40 milk cows. The stanchions are inscribed with the Peterson Barn Kramer Farm 3201 Wawawai-Pullman Road, names of 40 ladies in 3322 Rimrock Road, Colton Pullman the community! 1894 Circa 1903

Phelps Farm Maple K Farm James Kenoyer Barn 1102 Kammerzell Road, Colfax 3491 Albion Road, Pullman 1915 1910

McGregor Ranch Pittmann Farm 3 Miles South of Hooper 1462 Waterman Road, Rosalia 1917 1939 14 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Mackleit Farm Ray Olson Barn The Smith Place W Fairview Street, Colfax 3751 Texas Ferry Road, Rosalia 1912 1935

Red Barn Farms Wade J Young Farm 501 Wawawai Road, Colton 1004 Story Road, Pullman Another Rockford barn 1903 circa 1900 is notable. The land was settled in 1878 then cleared by two Civil War veterans, Hamilton Miller, and Whealen Barn James Johnson. About Reisenauer Farm 5202 Ed Hamilton Road, 1911 Miller and his wife 1501 Busch Road, Colton Endicott 1908 Circa 1900 Mary built a barn which still serves the Miller family.

Shindler Farm 1901 Pine City-Malden Road, Witte Farm Rosalia 11602 Sunset Road, Thornton 1909 circa 1935

Wittman County Farm Sweeney Farm Anton & Mary Reisenauer Farm #1 Lancaster Road, St . John 2602 Bauer Road, Uniontown 1910 1928 15 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Yakima

Alderson Ranch Happy Hen Ranch 3101 Powerhouse Road, Yakima 10204 Tieton Drive, Yakima circa 1915 circa 1890

Barns are often remote from services. The Bar Rock Ranch Herke Hop Kiln John T. McPherson 1041 Selah Naches Road, Yakima Donald Wapato Road, Wapato family came from circa 1930 circa 1915 Canada in 1888 to Colby, a bustling little mill town and port near Port Orchard. He not only built a barn, but Barbee Orchards Humphrey Barn also had to build a road 660 Bella Terra Road, Zillah 1071 Humphrey Road, Tieton to get his wife to town circa 1915 circa 1925 in time for the birth of their child. This is now Howe Farm. Day Barn Johnson Orchards 41st Ave and Emma Lane, 4906 Summitview Avenue, Yakima Yakima 1872 1916

Flint-Olsen Barn Olsen Orchards, Paul Olsen Lightning J. Ranch 7759 Yakima Valley Hwy, Zillah 75 Knight Hill Road, Zillah circa 1890 circa 1915 16 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Newman Barn Rumble Ranch 12481 Yakima Valley Hwy, Zillah 1241 Walters Road, Moxee 1922 circa 1910

Schneider Black Angus Noy Farm Cattle Co. Michael J. Sullivan’s 12002 Gilbert Road, Yakima 910 Weikel Road, Yakima parents came from 1905 circa 1930 Ireland but died soon after arriving in San Francisco. Michael was only 12 when SP Farms he came by boat to Ott Barn Hall Ranch Camano Island, then 5909 W Lincoln Avenue, Yakima 791 Curlew Road, Toppenish circa 1920 to Skagit Flats to live. circa 1916 His barn in La Conner dates from 1885.

Parker Ranch Stuart Parrish Farms 27450 N Wenas Road, Selah N Meyers Road, Toppenish circa 1901 circa 1920

Thisle Dew Farm Minnehaha Ranch Plank Barn 16781 Cottonwood Canyon Road, 181 Pioneer Road, Toppenish Yakima circa 1932 1915 17 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Southwest Section

Clark

Heisen Farm The Hanning barn Birrer Farm 27904 NE 174th Avenue, was built in 1905 near 8612 NE 119th Street, Vancouver Battle Ground Edwall. Before the 1953 circa 1898 barn was built, the family’s home served double duty. The first Grinnell Road Farm floor of it housed the Olson Barn animals, the second Carlson Farm 15211 NE Grinnell Road, 217 NE Hays Road, Woodland Woodland floor the family, and 1941 circa 1925 the third floor was the hay loft.

Century View Farm Hazen Barn MacPherson Barn 121000 NE Grantham Road, Amboy 1013 NW 389th Street, Woodland 1888 circa 1946

Friendly Haven Rise 20309 NE 242nd Avenue, Nickels’ Farm Battle Ground 2929 NW 199th Street, Ridgefield 1918 1939 18 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Old Schwartz Farm 6505 NE 209th Street, Sudar Farm Battle Ground 734 Fall Creek Road, Longview Circa 1917 1930

Grays Harbor

Paradise Acres Cloverdale Farm 19712 NE 83rd Street, Vancouver 32 Matzen Road, Montesano The Davenport barn 1938 1931 in Sedro‑Wooley was built in 1914. Mr. Davenport was a Plas Newydd LLC logger, but when the Columbia Landcaster Farm old growth timber 33415 NW Lancaster Road, Fivestar Farm was gone, he bought Ridgefield 1555 South Bank Road, Oakville land, built a barn, and 1900, 1880 circa 1930 began a dairy. Lewis

Roth Dairy Boistfort Valley Farm 21310 NW Roth Road, Ridgefield 426 Boistfort Road, Curtis 1917 circa 1913 Cowlitz Feusner Family Farm J.W. & Edna Watson Barn Chehalis River Hatchery 907 Clark Creek Road, Longview 237 Hatchery Road, Chehalis circa 1935 1918 19 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Gregory Farms Roth Family Farm 345 Bunker Creek Road, Chehalis 193 Roth Road, Winlock 1894 1917

The Howard Pickering Vietta’s Farm LLC family came to Duvall Harmony Hill 193 Flickett Road, Onalaska 202 Schmit Road, Toledo in the late 1800’s. circa 1935 They had a dairy and 1948 in 1932 built a new barn using recycled lumber from the Lutheran Church at Novelty Hill. They say Homestead Farm VT Farm 429 Penning Road, Chehalis 114 Clinton Road, Chehalis this is the only barn 1915 1900 with wainscoting on its walls!

Willipa Hills Sheep Myer Farm Dairy & Farmstead 3381 Centralia-Alpha Road, Stannek Farm Onalaska 4680 State Route 6, Doty circa 1925 1936 Mason Alderbrook Farm Almerion Adams Barn Rosecrest Farm 2230 W . Shelton Valley Road, 439 Spooner Road, Chehalis Shelton 1914 circa 1885 20 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

D Bar G Farm James Frazier Barn Ward Creek Farm 371 SE Brewer Road, Shelton 277 Ward Creek Road, Raymond circa 1930 1903

Pierce Glenwood, in the shadow of Mt. Alvestad Ranch Adams, was the John N. Sells Barn 15311 94th Avenue NW, homestead of Hugo 402 SE Sells Drive, Shelton Gig Harbor Kuhnhausen. Hugo 1935 circa 1917 sold the land to Oscar and Antonie Kuhnhausen, the present owner’s Buffalo Valley grandparents in 1894. Libby Farm 45118 Alder Cutoff Road East, The original barn and 1090 E Libby Road, Shelton Eatonville adjacent shed was circa 1890 1914 crushed by snow, so in 1920 this barn was rebuilt. This is Pacific Shady Nook farm in Carlson Farm Klickitat County. Parpala Farm August Carlson Barn 348 Parpala Road, Naselle 252 Island Boulevard, Fox Island circa 1956 1906

Sleepy Meadows Farm Castlegate Farm 15 Camp One Road, Raymond 22612 126th Avenue E, Graham circa 1900 1941 21 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Cedarbrook Farm Hillside Organic Farm 991 & 995 Gway Drive, 7822 Ohop Valley Road E, Fox Island Eatonville circa 1900 1930

Five generations have lived at the Cox Farm Stottlemeyer farm John Udd Barn Hummel Barn 10123 22nd Avenue East, Tacoma 21114 10th Street E, Lake Tapps in Poulsbo. In 1914 circa 1909 Franklin H., Daisy and 1902 five-month-old Wallace arrived from Missouri. Before they could build Johnson Farm anything, they lived in 9306 Otso Point Road, a tent. Until World War Eagles Acres Anderson Island 3604 40th Avenue East, Tacoma 1917 II ended, they took their circa 1900 chickens by steamboat on Saturdays to Pike Place market in Seattle. Klumpar Ohop Valley Ranch Guske Barn 41909 Anderson Road E, 9016 Guske Road E, Eatonville Eatonville 1939 circa 1935

Harman Farm LaForge Farm 619 Harman Way, Orting 12105 47th Avenue E, Tacoma circa 1900 1915 22 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Lakeview Dairy 12504 Spanaway Loop Road, Narnia Farm Tacoma 17217 92nd Street E, Sumner circa 1900 1913

New Reliance Ranch The Thorn farm in August & Sophie Suderberg Dayton is farmed by Farm Ledford Ranch 49119 Alder Cutoff Road, the fourth generation. 30220 56th Avenue S, Roy Eatonville Solomon Cross circa 1938 1912 homesteaded the land in 1871. About 1885 he built a barn with hand- hewn timber from the area. He needed Maddocks Barn Noble Lipizzans housing for 20 mules, 5504 174th Avenue, Longbranch 28208 138th Avenue E, Graham 2 cows, and 2 fancy circa 1910 circa 1900 carriage horses. The barn is presently used for replacement heifers and steers. Marsh Property Ohop Milk Farm 29004 Zavitski Road East, 43100 Mountain Hwy E, Carbonado Eatonville 1902 1940

Marvik Barn 3218 Wollochet Drive NW, Old Nylund Farm Gig Harbor 8717 McKinley Avenue, Tacoma 1915 1922 23 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Wilkinson Farm Part Time Ranch 4118 Rosedale Street NW, 2513 Harts Lake Loop Road, Roy Gig Harbor circa 1900 1915

The White Farm in Graham was purchased by the present owner’s Run Amok Farm grandparents. Mr. 41311 Dean Kreager Road E, Yotter Barn White, who learned Eatonville 23707 96th Avenue E, Graham to build in France circa 1940 circa 1910 and Germany during World War I, lived in a World War I pup tent while he cleared the Valli End Farm land. In 1938 he built 44103 Kjelstad Road E, Zarcrossed Farm the barn. The 5 White Eatonville 14410 24th Street KPS, Lakebay children all pitched in 1910 circa 1920 building fences and feeding animals and all graduated from Orting Van Eaton Farm High School. Thomas Cobb Van Eaton Barn Morse Wildlife 11310 Eatonville Hwy, Preserve Barn Eatonville 25415 70th Avenue E, Graham 1914 circa 1910 Thurston Erickson Family Farm White Farm Jonas & Maria Erickson Lloyd & Signe White Farm Farmstead 14614 204th Street, Graham 13121 Independence Road, Rochester 1938 circa 1902 24 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Townsend Family Farm 22149 Bucoda Hwy, 507 SE, Rocinante Farm Centralia 104 Barr Road, Rosburg circa 1930 1942

John and India Rose Skamokawa Valley Sells purchased land Ranch near Shelton in 1915 454 Middle Valley Road, Valentine Ranch and lived there until 14411 Martinson Road SE, Yelm Skamokawa 1943 circa 1920 their deaths in 1944. They cleared 30 acres with two horses, some Wahkiakum hand tools, and some stumping powder and McKinley Barn Slow Boat Farm 497 East Valley Road, 422 E . Birnie Slough Road, grew vegetables and Skamokowa Cathlamet berries and raised pigs 1916 circa 1935 and cows. John and two sons plus a hired hand built the barn in 1937. They hand-split Swanson - Markland cedar for the siding. Nutter Barn Farm 27 Greenwood Road, Cathlamet 52 Fossil Creek Road, Grays River circa 1872 1915

Panche Hackney Horse The Farm on Grays River Farm Pete Larsen Barn 276 W Sunny Sands Road, 86 Altoona Pillar Rock Road, Cathlamet Rosburg circa 1940 1926 25 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Northwest Section

Clallam Island Cedarfield Shires & Gypsy Horses Beachview Farms Grandfather Jacob 1570 Wieldraayer Road, Sudar came from Jackson Brothers Barn 702 Kitchen-Dick Road, Sequim Oak Harbor Croatia to Longview 1937 1919 and with his sons in 1930 built a barn from trees on their new property. Fir was used for the rafters and Cowan Ranch Crockett Farm Lamb Barn 1056 Crockett Farm Road, cedar for the shakes. Hoko-Ozette Road, Clallam Bay Coupeville The barn was used for circa 1900 1895 their animals and for fodder.

Ozette Cranberries Wesseler Barn 15604 Hoko Ozette Road, Ebey Road Farm Clallam Bay 225 Ebey Road, Coupeville circa 1935 1899, 1923

Garretson Ranch Mountain View Farm Erick & Virginia Westin Farm Hansen Barn 5623 S . Double Bluff Road, 238205 Hwy 101, Port Angeles Langley 1937 1929 26 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Greenbank Farm Newman Farm 765 Wonn Road, Greenbank 2100 E . Newman Road, Langley 1904 1950

Riston - Anderson Hall Family Farms Farm 801 Martin Road, Camano Island 3282 Day Road, Greenbank 1914 1910 The interesting fact about the Cramer barn in Kent is that they used bricks from the Johan Magelssen Barn streets of Seattle after 1237 Juniper Beach Road, Sherhill Vista Farms that city changed to Camano Island 750 Cathedral Drive, Coupeville asphalt streets. circa 1935 1942

Kineth Farm Tessaro Barn 19162 SR 20, Coupeville 9th & Kinney, Coupeville 1902 circa 1900

Kristoferson Farm LLC Willowood Farm 398 NE Camano Drive, Camano Smith Ranch Island 399 S . Ebby Road, Coupeville 1914 circa 1880 27 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Jefferson King

Gee Gem Farm Allen Farm 444 Egg & “I” Road, Chimacum 25529 NE 138th Street, Duvall 1938 1916

The Newman-Langley Hoh Humm Ranch Baxter/Huskinson Barn dairy barn was built in 171763 Hwy 101, Forks 1929 SE 44th Street, Fall City 1950 from a picture in a 1951 1955 magazine. At first their milk went to Western Farmers, but later to Darigold in Seattle Blue Dog Farm when Harold and his John Dungate Farm 7125 W . Snoqualmie Valley Road neighbor had to take 1373 Oil City Road, Forks NE, Carnation circa 1940 circa 1918 turns driving the milk truck.

Willow Wood Farm Brown Barn 4655 West Valley Road, 22627 NE Redmond Fall City Chimacum Road, Redmond circa 1900 1912

Camp Korey at Carnation Farm Carnation Research / Stock Yarr Barn Farm Dabob Rd ( .6 miles S of Old 28901 NE Carnation Farm Tanhoe Lake), Quilcene Road, Carnation 1948 1914 28 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Carlson Farm Lappenbusch Farm 21003 SE 75th Street, Issaquah 20920 SE 376th Street, Auburn 1922 1911

Cramer Farm Mary Olson Farm 24624 156th Avenue SE, Kent 28728 Green River Road, Auburn 1911 1892 The Harris Plank barn near Toppenish was built about 1932. The carpenter was paid $5 Daniels Farm per day. The barn was Meeks Farm Jacob Siskar Farm needed for the horses 21611 SE 392nd, Enumclaw Jack Jones Barn circa 1925 37305 160th Avenue SE, Auburn which cleared, then 1957 farmed the land.

Dinkelman Worm Farm Novelty Hill Farm 47402 228th Avenue SE, 12622 Carnation-Duvall Road Enumclaw NE, Duvall 1939 1932

Flaming Geyser State Park Ollala Canyon Farm Kummer Barn 5524 SW Point Robinson Road, 23421 SE 354th, Auburn Vashon 1940 circa 1915 29 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Red Barn Farm Colasurdo Barm 14339 SE May Valley Road, Tucker Barn Renton 10718 SW 216th Street, Vashon 1949 circa 1910

Willowmoor Farm Historic District Marymoor Park River Willow Farm 6046 W Lake Sammamish Strawberry farming 25530 NE 138th Street, Duvall Parkway NE, Redmond was the reason to build circa 1906 1906 a barn on Bainbridge Island about 1905 by Kitsap the Quitsland family who has lived on the Apple Orchard island since 1894. The Serres Farm Lot A, NE Paulanna Lane, cash crops now are 20306 NE 50th Street, Redmond Bainbridge Island 1933 1933 artichokes and rhubarb.

Stuart Landing Barns Glenwood Farm 103040 Carnation-Duvall Road, 1370 Glenwood Farm Road, Carnation Port Orchard 1920-50 circa 1910

Howe Farm County Park Troubadour Farm McPherson Farm / Howe 14016 162nd Avenue NE, Ranch Woodenville Long Lake Road, Port Orchard circa 1938 circa 1946 30 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Quitslund’s Knapp Farm 14012 Sunrise Drive NE, 343 B43 Buckhorn Road, Bainbridge Island Eastsound circa 1905 circa 1890

Stottlemyer Farm Lazy G Ranch 20896 Stottlemyer Road NE, 2602 San Juan Valley Road, Poulsbo Friday Harbor 1922 1890 The Heidenreich barn built in 1910 near The Brundage Family Colfax is the barn that Farm is represented on the 23120 Clear Creek Road NW, Pear Island Farm Heritage barn logo. Poulsbo 285 Nordstroms Lane, Eastsound 1926 circa 1905 San Juan

Barnswallow Farm Steinbrueck’s Place 326 Barnswallow Way, 1005 Richardson Road, Friday Harbor Lopez Island circa 1899 circa 1915

Sweetwater Farm Higgins Farm 2097 West Valley Road, 294 Vista Road, Lopez Island Friday Harbor 1938 circa 1900 31 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Valley View Farm 3006 San Juan Valley Road, Barnstorm Farm Friday Harbor 17023 Dike Road, Mount Vernon 1933 circa 1905

Bassler Barn Yansen Farms 15788 Kamb Road, Ben Nevis Road, Shaw Island Mount Vernon The old McNeil ranch in circa 1910 Circa 1928 Ellensburg was on the stage coach route to Three Meadows Yakima and The Dalles. King Barn He was a 3-term NE Intersection of Marsh county commissioner Drive & 3 Meadows Lane, Board Farm in Kittitas County. Friday Harbor 11837 Martin Road, Rockport circa 1905 1920

Skagit Dalseg’s Farm Andrew Johnson Farm Lars Dalseg Barn 17322 Beaver Marsh Road, 19356 Conway Hill Road, Mount Vernon Mount Vernon 1906 circa 1911

Axelson Family Farm Davenport Barn 15929 Fir Island Road, 7129 Old Highway 99 N, Mount Vernon Burlington 1903 1914 32 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Deyo Farms Hayton Farms Max Clark Barn James B. Hayton Barn 18412 Valentine Road, 16494 Fir Island Road Mount Vernon Mount Vernon 1940 1900

Doug Rex Dairy Heath Farm 17108 State Route 20, Burlington 14957 Benson Road, Bow circa 1930 circa 1920

The 1903 Peterson barn in Pullman was featured in a 2007 Hedlin Farm Chevy Silverado ad. Dunlap Farm Koudal, R.C. Barn 11320 Conner Way, La Conner East Talbott Street, La Conner circa 1880 1929

Henning Granquist Fender-Sapp Family Dairy Farm 16964 Junquist Road, 26319 Hoehn Road, Sedro‑Wooley Mount Vernon 1904 circa 1915

Gordon Skagit Farms 15598 McLean Road, HTH Farm LLC Mount Vernon 18244 Sam Bell Road, Bow circa 1890 circa 1905 33 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Isling Farm 12779 Avon Allen Road, Lagerwood Farms Burlington 20141 Cook Road, Burlington 1939 1900

J4 Ranch LLC Larson Farm The Phinney Farm 16645 Junquist Road, 15555 Summers Drive, barn was built in 1955 Mount Vernon Mount Vernon by Deb Copenhaver, 1906 . 1931 a national rodeo champion. It was the last large barn built in Jaquith Family Farm the Liberty Lake area 15090 Beaver Marsh Road, as most of the land has Mount Vernon Locken Farms been sold off in ten to 1927 19510 SR 534, Mount Vernon circa 1900 twenty acre parcels for development.

Jensen Barn Manier Farm 19747 County Line Road, 21422 Prairie Road, Stanwood Sedro‑Woolley 1902 1934

Kowalczyk Barn Robertson Farm Massey-Turner Barn 22562 SR 9, Mount Vernon 16244 Field Road, Bow circa 1915 circa 1929 34 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

McCloud Barn 21969 Ratchford Road, Myers Barn Sedro‑Woolley 9791 Farm to Market Road, Bow circa 1904 circa 1905

Michael J. Sullivan Barn Nelson Farm 16214 LaConner Whitney Road, 18585 Beaver Marsh Road, La Conner Mount Vernon 1885 1938 The Day barn in Yakima was built before the turn of the century. Money was so scarce that the family grew Mikoleit Barn potatoes and traded 8019 NE Cape Horn Road, Old Willoughby Place Concrete 8170 Healy Road, Sedro-Woolley them for the wood to 1946 circa 1907 build the barn.

Misty Bay Farm 16835 Junquist Road, Olpin Barn Mount Vernon 9402 Avon-Allen Road, Bow circa 1910 1946

Mowat Farm 13479 Bayview Road, Pedersen Farm Mount Vernon 12620 Ring Lane, LaConner 1904 circa 1880 35 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Prater Barn Summers Farm 15244 Bradshaw Road, 13517 Rawlins Road, Mount Vernon Mount Vernon circa 1900 circa 1895

There is an interesting Thurman Barn story about the Hedlin Prevedell Family Farm 19405 Nelson Road, Farms barn at the 31248 Prevedell Road, Mount Vernon round-about going Sedro‑Woolley circa 1920 into La Conner. The circa 1915 builder was Albert Nelson. When the barn owner returned home one day, he noticed Traylor Farm his new barn was not Ridgeonia Farm 21496 Bulson Road, symmetrical. It seems 14535 Best Road, Mount Vernon Mount Vernon 1913 1928 the builder ran out of wood and he just made an executive decision! Trueman Farm Roque Farms Peter Trueman Barn 20274 E . Stackpole Road, 31855 Lyman-Hamilton Hwy, Mount Vernon Sedro-Woolley circa 1934 1912

Skagit City Studio and Gardens Larson Barn Twogates Reg 18598 Skagit City Road, Holsteins Mount Vernon 21220 Cook Road, Burlington 1910 circa 1925 36 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Valley View Dairy Wynndie Farm 16832 Otter Pond Drive, 14311 Calhoun Road, Mount Vernon Mount Vernon 1914 circa 1890

Snohomish Bartelheimer Brother’s Van der Vis Farm Dairy 17223 Beaver Marsh Road, 11900 92nd Street NE, Mount Vernon Snohomish The Hansen family circa 1900 circa 1900 came from Norway in 1892 and settled near Port Angeles. In 1937 Henry Hansen built his Weaver Barn Fred Behling Barn dairy barn. It is now 21222 Little Mountain Road, 11018 Springhetti Road, used for hay storage Mount Vernon Snohomish for Scottish Highland 1933 circa 1925 cattle.

Whiting Barn 18402 Dry Slough Road, Birch Meadow Mount Vernon 4515 Norman Road, Stanwood circa 1900 circa 1886

Wisemann Farm Hobart & Ruth Wiseman Craven Dairy Barn Bernhard Walther Barn 28675 Minkler Road, 5332 Lowell-Larimer Road, Sedro‑Woolley Everett circa 1925 circa 1890 37 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Doughty Farm Gerspacher Farm Wold Farm Roy & Edna Jensen Barn 4716 Fobes Road, Snohomish 6306 60th Street SE, Snohomish 1932 1948

Goebel Hill Farm Eagle Tree Farm Thompson-Hageman Farm James Long Barn 15201 Goebel Hill Road, 23224 Marine Drive, Stanwood Granite Falls The Jackson Farm silo 1880 1924 is an amazing building. Richard Jackson bought this kit from the U.S. Government for $45 and assembled Eiseman Barn 11027 Grandview Road, Grimm-Jensen Farm it like Lincoln logs Arlington 1706 Pioneer Hwy E, Arlington without nails or screws. 1918 1932

Hagen Dairy Bounds Barn Fourflips Farm 6726 E Lowell Larimer Road, 6104 324th Street NW, Stanwood Snohomish 1935 1930

Garden Treasures Hagen Dairy Nursery & Organic Bill MorganFarm Farm 6904 E Lowell Larimer Road, 3328 SR 530, Arlington Snohomish circa 1930 1930 38 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Heineck Farm Howard Weiser Farm 930 Sunnyside Boulevard NE, Rocking Crazy K Everett 816 S . Machias Road, Snohomish circa 1930 circa 1900

We were so sad to learn that the historic Jackknife Ranch Todd Farm unusual Duthie barn Johnson Barn C.A. Townsen Farm 5205 52nd Street SE, Everett 15407 Dubuque Road, Snohomish might be demolished. 1930 circa 1905 Imagine our joy when we learned that owner Lee Nutter is helping new owner Fred Whispering Winds Stanley move the barn Kraetz Farm / Sunrise Farm to Stanley’s property! Dairy 24008 Valde Road, Stanwood 15 218th Street NW, Arlington circa 1935 Thanks to Nutter, 1890 Stanley, Paula Holloway, and Chris Moore for all their efforts to save one of our few centric barns. Nakashima Farm Winje Barn 32328 SR 9 NE, Arlington 13725 Burn Road, Arlington circa 1908 circa 1920 Whatcom Berthusen Farm Old Gust Olson Farm Hans Berthusen Farm 925 300th Street NE, Stanwood 8837 Bethusen Road, Lynden circa 1925 1901 39 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Lewis Family Farm 6037 Old Guide Road, Blankers Barn Bellingham 3200 Lindsay Road, Everson 1920 1939

Barn owners are such good and gracious Old Samish Farm people. When Courtney Farm 156 Shallow Shore Road, 628 E . Wiserlake Road, Lynden Bellingham learning about this 1898 circa 1935 barn booklet, Judy Fox of Othello said they would be happy to have their barn featured in it–even Helgeson Barn Oltman Farm if it was just a dot on 6506 Siper Road, Everson 4269 Dewey Road, Bellingham the map! We hope 1890 1909 through these barn preservation efforts that barns become featured all across our state. Rensink Barn Hovander Farms Terrell Farm 5249 Imhof Road, Ferndale 6022 N Star Road, Ferndale 1910 circa 1905

Kettells - Goodall Barn Rocky Mountain Dairy 349 Kline Road, Bellingham 7585 Noon Road, Lynden circa 1925 1932 40 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Sumas River Farm Nelson Knight Barn The Lazy R 4289 Rock Road, Sumas 1724 Central Road, Everson 1934 1910

Eben Palmer The Homestead Farm Woodstock Farm constructed the 2753 Lake Whatcom Boulevard, 1200 Chuckanut Drive North, Abbeal/Sprague Bellingham Bellingham barn near Spokane 1923 circa 1910 for his bride in 1891. In 1907 the place was sold to John and Rebecca Abbeal whose nephews John or Vernon lived Greenbank Farm, c . 1910, Greenbank on it until 1995. The barn housed cows and chickens and is still in the Abbeal/ Sprague family today.

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Chelan Leather and Lace Boning’s Dairy Farm Andrew Johnson 10795 Chumstick Hwy, Nordby Farms was a carpenter Leavenworth 290 Road 21 NE, Mansfield and wheelwright in 1898 1916 Sweden. He came to the Skagit Valley in 1871 to use those skills. In 1883 he purchased Polson Farms Jv 80 acres and built Lucky Bohemian Farms Nw Corner of HWY 2 and S . his house and barn. 4147 Hamlin Road, Malaga Jackson St ., Waterville circa 1918 circa 1915 Today that barn is right among the tulip fields.

Remley Orchards Andrew P Johnson Barn Syth Barn Deadman Hill Road, Dryden 1503 RD 6 NE, Coulee City 1910 circa 1925 Douglas Ferry Miller Poor Farm Money Pit Charles & Hattie Morton US Forest Service Work Barn Center 285 Road “O” NE, Coulee City 3 Eslick Road, Orient 1905 circa 1938 42 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Grant DeSpain Land & Kelley Family LLC Livestock Co. William Kelley Barn 31 Quarter Circle Ranch 45951 Road “U” NE, Almira 17500 SR 231 N, Edwall 1910 1926

Grant Poe Farms Fairview Farms 21080 Road 37 NE, Hartline 21767 SR 231 N, Edwall The A & B barn in 1913 1902 Rosalia has two interesting facts: it was purchased from Lincoln Clarence Martin who Benner - Hanning was the Governor Farm Kloster Farm of the State of 50470 E Denny Station Road, 33718 Harrington Airport Road, Edwall Davenport Washington from circa 1905 1900 1933-1940, and it is a Centennial Farm.

Birge Barn Llewellyn Farm Inc. 506 S Alder Street, Odessa 8688 Llewellyn Road E, Almira 1903 1938

Brommer Barn 51918 Alexander Road E, Straub Farm Reardan 40801 SR 2, Davenport Circa 1915 circa 1903 43 Heritage Barns of Washington State

To Honor Community Tolonen Barn Farm 19470 Evans Road N, Almira 29451 Le Clerc Road N, Ione 1927 1912

Spokane Weipert Ranch Albert & Barbara Babb 52347 Denny Station Road E, Farm The president of the Edwall 1626 W Powers Road, Rosalia Washington Cattlemen, circa 1900 circa 1900 Dick Coon, farms the Bar U Ranch in Okanogan Benge. This land was purchased from US Alberthal Barn Senator Levi Ankeny in Olson Long Ranch 31411 N . Monroe Road, Deer 1909 by the McGregor 181 Silver Hill Road, Conconully Park circa 1887 circa 1925 Land Company. Pend Oreille

Bussie Farm LaPorte Barn Henry Allice Farmstead 352 Dalkena Street, Newport 9003 N . Garfield Road, Spokane 1916 1900

McIntosh Place Harold McIntosh Barn W . 101 Laurelhurst Road, Carlstrom Barn Newport 12305 Wellesley Avenue, Spokane 1940 Circa 1910 44 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Deep Creek Farm Heathdale Ranch 811 N . Deep Creek Road, Medical Latta’s - WS Ranch Lake 14610 E Belmont Road, Mica 1916 1908

Denny Land & Livestock Inc. Heinemann Farm Hays Farm Charles Weeks Homestead 12311 Hays Road, Fairfield 16110 W . Jacobs Road, Spokane The Castlegate farm 1902 circa 1900 in Graham was homesteaded by the Thrift family who made their living cutting firewood for Hengen Farms LLC the old wood-burning Finn-Beaven Barn E . 3508 Spangle-Waverly Road, 30211 N . Regal Road, Chattaroy Spangle locomotives. The barn circa 1930 1900 was also built from trees on their land.

Girvin Barn Hutton Settlement 6323 E Jamieson Road, Spokane 9907 E . Wellesley, Spokane 1904 1919

Hyslop Farm Hamilton Family Farm 6209 N Coulee Hite Road, Tom Morrow Barn Reardan 9923 N . Five Mile Road, Spokane 1926 1900 45 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Jaclin Farms Norm Paulson Farm 9715 E . Tallman Road, Chattaroy 1612 W . Babb Road, Rosalia 1922 circa 1927

Painter Ranch Parkan & Mary Painter Barn Long Barn Farm 6803 W . Cheney Plaza Road, 1902 So . Glenrose Road, Spokane Cheney The owners of the circa 1903 1916 Ephraim Shassey barn in Sedro‑Wooley still have the original bill for the lumber. In December of 1908 they McGourin Farms 28101 S . Philleo Lake Road, Phinney Farm paid $78.96 to Butler Spangle 3107 N Idaho Road, Liberty Lake Lumber Company. circa 1920 circa 1955

Miller Farm Hamilton & Mary Miller Pierce Farm Farm Farr Barn 23510 East Hoxie Road, Rockford 404 N Farr Road, Spokane Valley circa 1911 circa 1925

R.E.W. Christensen Mittelstaedt Farms Inc. Farms LLC 2424 S . Coulee Hite Road, William H Stoneman Barn Reardan 11210 N . Fairview Road, Mead 1905 1889 46 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Walking Circle L Ranch Red Barn Farm A. L Bradley Barn 6216 S . Waneta Road, Spokane 23310 Hoxie Road, Rockford circa 1908 1904

Windsor Castle Reifenbergers Barn Windsor Barn 22815 E . Trux Road, Fairfield 4311 S . Abbott Road, Spokane The Northern Pacific 1916 circa 1880 railroad held an excess land sale in the 1880’s. Stevens Some of the land went in Greenbank Farm Han Shan Farm where the barn was Rocky Hill Farm 2025-B Lotze Creek Road, built in 1904. It is now 25000 E Mission, Liberty Lake Colville part of Ste. Michelle 1948 circa 1921 Winery.

Sprague Abbeal Farm Schaffner Farm 6616 E Orchard Road, Spokane 5090 Reservation Road, Ford circa 1905 1926

Sherwood Creek Farm Walter & Mary George Barn The Swallow’s Nest 2551A Cottonwood Creek Road, 5410 W . Bridges Road, Deer Park Chewelah circa 1930 1939 47 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Silverbit Ranch 4720 Springdale-Hunters Road, Whitetail Farm Springdale 1691 Addy-Gifford Road, Addy circa 1925 circa 1910

The Grimm-Jensen barn in Arlington sits Simmons Barn on land first owned by Lael Barn Thomas Jensen. Before 4217 Northport Flat Creek Road, coming to Washington Northport 1938 Territory, Mr. Jensen emigrated from Germany and worked in San Francisco as a carpenter. The barn was built in 1932 by a Weyerhauser millwright laid off James Hayton Barn, 1900, Mount Vernon during the depression, Ralph Forbes.

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In addition to creating the Heritage Barn Register, passage of House Bill 2115 established a funding program providing He r i t a g e Ba r n matching grants to owners of designated Heritage Barns for the purpose of emergency stabilization and rehabilitation. Criteria Gr a n t Re c i p i e n t s for funding include urgency of needed repairs, public visibility, and impact for long-term preservation, along with other considerations. Funding priority goes to barns that remain in agricultural use.

Through only two cycles of grant funding, the Heritage Barn Advisory Committee received a total of 178 applications requesting over $3.6 million in grant funds. After careful review in both funding rounds, the committee awarded nearly $750,000 in matching grants to 31 barns across the state. Projects include structural stabilization, foundation repair, roof replacement, and a host of other treatments all aimed at prolonging the usable life of Washington’s Heritage Barns. The following stories are from the first round of grant recipients.

Bl u e He r o n Fa r m James Hayton Barn, 1900, Mount Vernon granted $2,821 The barn at Blue Heron farm near Ellensburg was built in 1912 by Will Ross who came to the Kittitas Valley in 1893. In 1908 Will married Norna Roth. They farmed until they retired in 1959. The barn was originally built for their draft horses, but in 1940 they added a few stanchions for milk cows. The present owners, the Wrights, put on the new roof themselves. They still use the barn for animal shelter and for the produce they take each year to the farmers markets.

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Bo i s t f o r t Va l l e y Fa r m granted $25,515

This 1913 Lewis County barn was originally built by a Mr. Beall for raising rabbits, the fur sold for clothing. It later became a dairy barn. Local people remember playing basketball in the loft. Now owned by Mike Peroni, the farm was flooded by the nearby Chehalis River in 2006. Four feet of water and mud invaded the premises. Mike needs the barn for his certified organic produce business, so with this grant, he raised the barn to new heights. He replaced the foundation and also the roof.

Co o k Fa m i l y Fa r m granted $15,475 Bard and Pearl Cook built this barn in Lamont, Whitman County, in 1927. The lumber for it came by rail from Potlatch ID. Their son Floyd spend 14 days hauling it the last ten miles to the farm, one load a day by a wagon-drawn team of 9 horses. To form the arch of the roof, the rafters were nailed together on the ground, then hoisted by horse- drawn pulley and man-power. The floor was dirt except for the milk parlor end which was hand-mixed concrete. Floyd left the farm to become a high school math and science teacher, but now lives in the farm house with his son and daughter-in-law. At age 102 he gave the information for this application. The 50 barn was re-roofed with this matching grant. Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Cr o c k e r Ra n ch granted $41,852

Peter Ahola, a Finnish carpenter who built several barns in the Klickitat Valley, built this 14-sided barn in 1915. It is 52 feet in diameter topped by a unique round cupola. The owners were John and Sara Kaarakka (original spelling), one of 4 of the original families that came in 1877 from Finland to settle in the Centerville area. In 1891 John bought this land for his 24-year-old son Matthew to keep him nearby. Matthew married Anna B. Mattson in 1892 and built the 1905 home where the present owner, Stan Crocker, still lives. Stan delights in showing his barn and its new roof, its repaired windows and doors, and the new paint job to all who stop by.

Er i c k s o n Fa m i l y Fa r m granted $21,222

This circa 1902 barn in Thurston County is part of a State and National Historic Site, granted in 2002. Jonas Erickson emigrated Finland in 1880, worked in the mines and railroads across the United States to bring his wife and son Alfred here. In 1895 they settled in the Rochester area, cleared the land, raised chickens, pigs, and milked cows. In 1912 their son married Margaret Forsman and raised their 6 children on the farm among them Leroy, the father of the present owner Richard. In 1949 the family put a new roof on the barn, but this time the barn needed much exterior siding and interior floor repair. 51 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Ge n d r o n Ra n ch granted $32,506

Present owners Kevin and Terri Towner are no relation to the builders of this ranch, but they believe strongly in keeping it alive. In 1899 French Canadian immigrants Joseph and Eugenie Gendron came to the Yakima Valley. They puchased land from the Moxee Irrigation Co. and built their home as well as a barn to shelter 2 teams of work horses, the dairy cow and loose hay. Their son Oryphre purchased this forty-acre farm in 1920 and with his father built a kiln to dry their hops. The Towners are restoring five of the historic buildings on the property. The entire farm including the irrigation ditch was placed on the State and National Historic Registers in 2005.

Ha l l Fa m i l y Fa r m granted $20,395

Erling and Geneva Hall purchased this Island County farm in 1953 and re-roofed their 1914 barn by hand, cutting many of the shakes from old growth cedar. They used the barn for a dairy until the 1970’s. Their granddaughter and her cousin now grow grass hay on the farm which is stored in the barn. This time they chose to roof the barn with metal. They also repaired and replaced wooden gutters, windows, doors, flooring, and siding.

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He r k e Ho p Ki l n granted $13,030 Antony and Gertrude Herke and 8 children emigrated Germany in 1869 and worked their way across the United States. When they reached San Francisco, they took a steamboat to The Dalles, then a wagon to Fort Simcoe and finally Ahtanum Mission. Two more children died in infancy along the way. The Herkes bought land near the mission and later 160 acres in Parker Bottom where they grew hops. Antony died in 1908 and his two farms were divided among the 6 surviving children. About 1915 the hop kiln was built for the growing hop market. In 1929 alone, 4,045,000 pounds of hops were harvested and sold from the Yakima Valley and with the repeal of prohibition, production doubled between 1932-34. The kiln was used until World War II. By this time the McDonald family, neighbors of the Herkes, had purchased the land where the kiln was located. In 1978 the kiln was moved 800 feet and put on a block foundation out of the way of construction of Interstate 82. Since then it has been used for hay storage. In addition the kiln’s picture is on the label of Piety Flats wines. Now it has a much-needed new roof.

Hu t t o n Se t t l e m e n t granted $35,600 This newly reroofed barn is part of an orphanage complex built in north Spokane in 1918-19 by Levi Hutton. Two orphans, Levi Hutton and May Arkwright, met in the mining town of Wardner Junction in 1887 where May ran a boarding house. They struck it rich in 1901 and moved to Spokane in 1907 where May worked on many reforms for women and children. Her first success was getting separate cells for male and female prisoners and getting female wardens for the women. She also worked in the State’s women’s suffrage movement. In 1912 May was elected to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, but the humid summer there weakened her and she died a year later. Although they had no children, both were concerned about the plight of orphans and Levi put into reality the plans for the orphanage they had discussed. There would be a large home with plenty of space for the children and numerous activities to help them learn. There would be a barn with animals to feed and milk. There would 2 homes for the resident farmers to teach the older children how to grow crops. This complex still houses youth today. In 1974 it was put on the Washington State Registry of Historic Places and in 1994 it was added to the National Registry. 53 Heritage Barns of Washington State

J4 Ra n ch granted $18,000

The Youngquist family built this Mount Vernon barn in 1906 from timbers of the surrounding forest pulled to the farm site by horse-drawn log sled. They used this barn for their dairy, their cattle, and for storage of their many crops—berries, potatoes, corn, and hay. It stayed in the Youngquist family for 3 generations then was sold to John Rogers in 2003. The present owner has done much renovation work on the barn which he uses for his berry packing business. This grant was used for a new roof.

Ja c k k n i f e Ra n ch granted $11,900

In 1887 Iver and Caroline Johnson paid $1000 in gold for 166 acres on the banks of Eby Slough near Everett in Snohomish County. Travel to the land was by boat. The first cows the Johnsons brought home had to swim across the Snohomish River to Ebey Island. This barn was built in 1930 at a cost of $3,000 from plans purchased from the Hoard’s Dairyman magazine. They recently re-roofed it for 8x that cost. The barn has stayed in the Johnson Family for 4 generations. You may have seen it in a Bud Light commercial aired on Saturday Night Live. 54 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

LaPo r t e Fa r m granted $15,644

This 1916 barn is located in Pend Oreille County at Newport. This diary barn and a matching horse barn were built by the mill superintendant of the Dalkena Lumber Company. A hardwood floor was laid in the loft so dances could be held there. The grant was used by the present owners, Jim and Beth LaPorte, to level and straighten it, to pour concrete footings, to repair and replace floor joists and floor boards, and to replace exterior siding.

LaFr a m b o i s e Fa r m granted $24,000 Antoine LaFramboise came to Moxee in 1897 as a blacksmith for the Moxee Irrigation Company. In 1904 he purchased land from John and Johanna Los and also bought the Presbyterian Church of Moxee after that group relocated to Yakima. Antoine converted the church into a blacksmith shop and gave the bell to a Dutch Reformed Church being built nearby. He and his brother Paul built a house. When it was finished he went back to Minnesota for his fiancée Eugenie LaBissionaire. The Farm was sold to son Leon in 1942, then to Leon’s daughter and son-in-law the Bergevins who are the present owners. The grant was used to replace the roofs of the barn and the machine shed. The Farm was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 55 Heritage Barns of Washington State

Ol s o n Lo n g Ra n ch granted $24,212

This Okanogan County land was homesteaded by the Roberts family who came from Wales in 1887 and who built the barn soon afterwards. It was rocky ground so the resource at hand was used for foundations, putting the rocks in cribs for stability. It is these cribs that needed replacing for the stability of the structure. Besides the barn, the original buildings include an ice house, a chicken coop, a wood shed, a machine shed, a medicine shed, a branding shed and bunk house, an outhouse, a granary, a garage, a windmill, and 2 houses. The parents of the present owner, Vonda Olson Long, purchased the place in 1972 and continue to operate it as a cattle ranch.

Pa r p a l a Fa r m granted $18,283

This farm is located in Naselle, Pacific County. The barn was built in 1956 for $25,000 by local contractors Watkins and Johnson to be used for 60 milk cows and 200 ton of hay storage. The barn measures 45 x 150 feet and needed the hay loft floor replaced, and the exterior siding repaired and repainted. It is owned by Cody and Annie Strange.

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Pr e v e d e l l Fa r m granted $44,559

Henry Patrick Mullen and son Henry built this barn around 1915 for Max and Marie Prevedell. Both families were pioneers in the Lyman area of Skagit County. The Mullens were millwrights who had already built several mills before coming to Lyman in 1908 to build a shingle mill. The lumber for the barn was milled by the Mullens from Prevedell timber. Son Henry had married Max and Marie’s oldest daughter Virginia in 1909 and were raising their 6 children nearby. The farm was inherited by Frank Prevedell whose ceramic tile drains and drainage system are still in use today. Frank’s life was that farm and he rarely left it. In 1978 when he died the farm went to his nephew Dennis Mullen whose sons Kevin and Terry now manage it. They did much repair work on the barn to stabilize and repair or replace the missing parts.

Sh e r h i l l Vi s t a Fa r m s granted $26,526 This barn sits in Coupeville, Island County, the property of Bob and Cheryl Engle. The barn was built in 1942 for Cheryl’s father, Wilbur Sherman, to house hogs. Some of the lumber came from World War I barracks being torn down at nearby Fort Casey. The Engle’s use the barn for cattle and hay storage. The grant went to replace and repair foundation, siding, bracing, windows, and to paint the exterior.

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St r a u b Fa r m granted $21,442

Carl Straub came to the United States from Germany in 1893 and worked in the coal mines on his way west. He earned his U.S. citizenship in Lincoln County in 1896, bought property from a homesteader near Davenport, plowed the sod, and planted wheat. During the winter of 1898 he returned to Germany to marry 16-year- old Maria and brought her back in the spring of 1899. Much to his surprise, the homesteader shack where he intended to bring his bride had been moved away, probably thinking it abandoned. Good neighbors took in the couple until they could build their house. In 1902 Carl bought timbered land from the Northern Pacific Railroad about ten miles away, felled the timber, and hauled it home to build his barn. The barn housed 12 horses, 4 milk cows, a feeding area, a tack room, and a loft for hay storage. Because of several hog 4-H projects, the foundation had been eaten through in places and one end of the barn wanted to fall away from the rest of it. Crayton Guhlke, Carl’s grandson, did structural stabilization, foundation repair and roof replacement. He and his crew also repainted the exterior so that now it stands straight and red along Hiway 2 east of Davenport. Crayton’s grandchildren live on the place marking 5 generations working the place. Every fall the Guhlkes sponsor Vintage Harvest to show the youngsters how wheat harvest was done in other times.

Va n Vo g t Fa m i l y Fa r m granted $5,000

This barn in Pomeroy, Garfield County, was built around 1910 by James and Etta Warren, great-great uncle and aunt of the present owner, William Van Vogt. The barn was built for horses, both show and work, and for hay storage to feed them. For that reason, the eaves extend all the way down to the first floor level to make a huge loft area. The loft was also used for basketball games when it wasn’t full of hay. The grant helped to replace missing siding and roof shingles.

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He r i t a g e Ba r n Re g i s t e r Pl a q u e Pr o g r a m

Each Heritage Barn owner receives a 10 x 24 inch metal sign which recognizes their barn as part of this program. Each sign features the Heritage Barn logo and the date the barn was constructed and was made at the State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. The picture shows the signs and owners at the awards ceremony in Mount Vernon in March 2009.

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Bow Truss Barn Hip Barn Gable-on-Hip Barn Gable Barn (completely arched roof trusses) (sloped roof on all four sides (gable roof surrounded on all four (sometimes referred to as an of structure) sides with a hip roof ) English barn)

Broken Gable Barn Salt Box Barn Gothic Barn Centric / Round Barn (sometimes referred to as a Gable (designed with single integrated (pointed arch roof truss) (round or multi-sided in plan with with High Lean-tos) lean-to) conical or dome shaped roof )

Dutch Barn English Gambrel Barn Dutch Gambrel Barn Western Barn (gable roof projects down to (Four sloped roof pitches) (note additional flare at eave line) (sometimes referred to as a Monitor first floor) Barn or Raised Roof Barn) 6060 Heritage Barns of Washington State Heritage Barns of Washington State

Hay Hoods & Equipment Heritage Barns of Washington State

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