Bank Barn Built Around 1830

This barn was built around 1830, at the same time the red brick homestead was built. On one gable end are the ruins of a carriage house that was built a bit later on. The overhang on the south side is known as a forebay. Five Dutch doors face the south and a number of square, pegged louvered windows are on the three other sides. They allowed for fresh air in the barn. The first floor of this barn looks much like it might have in the 19th century. The floors are dirt and the area is partitioned off for the various farm animals. This held some cows, horse and mule, pigs and chickens. Original feeding troughs add to the historic look. These animals were all needed to work the farm and feed the families. 

 The barn support structure is heavy timber framing with mortise and tenon construction, pegged joints, with purlins supporting the roof that run along the length of the barn. The threshing floor and grain storage above houses some of the agricultural implements used as well as an original one-horse open sleigh. Hanging from above are pieces of wooden water pipes that came from an early Hilltown well. Standing in the barn provides one with the feeling of the rural area Hilltown once was. Carved initials in the barn date back over 100 years. ​