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Apple Hill Morgans

  • About
  • The House
  • The Land
  • Location
  • Garage/Barn
  • Barn
  • Cider Orchard
  • Sugarhouse
  • Wood Shop
  • Outbuildings
  • Historic Register
  • Tour
  • Contact

The Barn

1875 post & beam bank barn with mortise & tenon joinery has 1,920 sf on each of three levels is totally original in excellent structural condition.  Banked against sloping ground therefore having entry doors on each of the 3 levels accessable from the ground.  Original wooden stanchion milking parlor making this barn a unique historic museum rarely found today in solid condition.  Toilet plus heated woodworking shop.

1st Level:

  • Six modular (removable) horse stalls of southern pine & galvanized steel.  Two 10' x 10' stalls, four 10' x 5' tie stalls with rubber mats separated by 12' center aisle.
  • Frost-free water hydrant.
  • Original dry-stacked stone wall approx. 40' long by 12' high.
  • Four tack storage cabinets.
  • Tack wall & saddle/harness storage.
  • Carriage & sleigh storage area.
  • Equipemnt storage area.
  • Attached 400 sf run-in shed adjoins 1/4 acre barnyard.
  • Adjoins 2nd training paddock.
  • Adjoins 2.5 acre pasture with run-in shed.
  • Barnyard, paddocks & pasture fenced with 4 board vinyl white fencing, 10' wide double gates & electified top wire.
  • 14' sliding doors on east & west sides forming a breezway.
  • Gallager electric fence energizer powers 8 fenced pastures on the property independantly wired & switched.
  • Inside stairway to second level.
  • Windows slide or tilt open & are removable.
  • New electric service with AC wiring (galvanized metal sheathed wire) throughout.  Multiple metal caged lights & outlets.
  • Multiple outside spotlights.
  • Flooring hardpack sand with drains.

2nd Level:

  • Original 1800's milking parlour, feed bins, wooden stanchions for 13 cows.  Only a few of these original milk parlours still exist today in original condition.
  • Entry from ground level thru 12' wide sliding door. 
  • Original grain storage bins.
  • Original hay feeding bins.
  • Original gravity hay drops.
  • Toilet facility equipped with electricaly operated Incinolet waterless incinerating Itoilet.
  • Storage/work area with 8' workbench, cabinets & shelving.
  • Insulated & heated woodworking shop with 220V & 30 amp.
  • Two open storage rooms.
  • Inside stairway to 3rd level.

3rd Level:

  • Outside entry into 3rd story via a hi-drive ramp from ground level.
  • 10' x 12' double entry loft doors into hay mow.
  • Hi-drive ramp enclosed & features original corn-crib.
  • Central aisle suitable for tractor or other storage.

Barn 1st Level

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modular removable horse stalls 10' x 10'

modular removable horse stalls 10' x 10'

modular removable horse stalls 10' x 10'

modular removable horse stalls 10' x 10'

modular removable horse stalls 10' x 10'

modular removable horse stalls 10' x 10'

1875 hand stacked stone wall supports entire north side of 1st level

1875 hand stacked stone wall supports entire north side of 1st level

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Barn 2nd Level

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entry to 2nd level from outside under hi-drive 12' wide sliding door

entry to 2nd level from outside under hi-drive 12' wide sliding door

another 2nd level outside entry - old cow door to milk parlor

another 2nd level outside entry - old cow door to milk parlor

cow door entry from old milking parlor

cow door entry from old milking parlor

old milk parlor

old milk parlor

old milk parlor

old milk parlor

old milk parlor wooden cow stanchions

old milk parlor wooden cow stanchions

old milk parlor wooden cow stanchions

old milk parlor wooden cow stanchions

incinolet toilet (electric incinerating waterless

incinolet toilet (electric incinerating waterless

entry to wood shop & stairway to 3rd level

entry to wood shop & stairway to 3rd level

fully insulated & heated wood working shop

fully insulated & heated wood working shop

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Barn 3rd Level

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hi-drive entry to 3rd level from outside

hi-drive entry to 3rd level from outside

hi-drive entry to 3rd level from outside

hi-drive entry to 3rd level from outside

hi-drive entry doors from hi-drive ramp

hi-drive entry doors from hi-drive ramp

3rd level entry doors from inside center aisle

3rd level entry doors from inside center aisle

post & beam

post & beam

cantilevered beams

cantilevered beams

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