March Hare Barn

English Barn, 1790

Measures 30’ x 40’ + added bay

As the first New England settlers were predominantly English, most of the barns constructed in the first 50 years of settlement were built in the traditional English style, which hinged on two principal elements: scribe rule and the Pythagorean theorum. Scribe rule construction was gradually eclipsed with the advent of the square rule in 1800. This frame is a well-preserved example of early agricultural history from a working farm in Western Massachusetts.