Contractor: Schtiller & Plevy
Architect: Bergen County Department of Parks & Recreation (John Terreri, County Architect)
Owner: Bergen County, NJ Department of Parks, Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs

Scope: Timber Replacement and Wood Shakes Roof Replacement

Designated a Historic Landmark by the NJ Historic Trust

Description: A four-bent, three-bay aisled Dutch barn, 36 feet x 30 feet (width by length), side walls of 9 1/2 feet east and 10 feet west, peak of 24 feet, nave of 18 feet width, single transverse aisle ties, anchor beams of 12" x 1.0 1/2" with 6" to 8" wedge less tenon extensions, anchor beam mortise square shouldered, anchor beam scribe marks at 2% verdiepinghs at 48" above anchor beam, anchor beams of white oak (3) and red oak (1) main columns of 9" x 7" X 16' 6".

The barn is without raising holes or manger dadoes, with the longitudinal struts let in on threshing floor side (east) and aisle side (west) primarily of white oak with one chestnut and One red oak. Purl in plates of 6" x 5" hewn oak, 30 feet in length, side wall plates ditto, sawn purlin and anchor beam braces, no marriage marks except at purlin braces. Side walls had no diagonal bracing, except at the comer posts where let-in dovetail braces ran from post to plate. Hewn surfaces were broad-axed to finish size, rafters adzed flat on one side, except at gable ends where two sides were flattened, Rafters were hewn poles of white ash, tulip poplar, white oak and red oak, joined with a trunneled, lapped joint. Trunnels of white oak, 1" diameter, 11/2" diameter at anchor beam/post connection One section of a manger base was extant, used as an aIsle tie.

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