• Log Barn

This 1830s barn, originally from Denbigh, north of Kaladar, was built of rough logs, dovetailed and pegged with trenails. It is actually two barns of similar age, joined together. The east section of squared timbers is considered to be slightly older. The barn was positioned by a barn master to guide the prevailing winds through the doors at either end and across the wooden threshing floor. After the stalks of grain had been flailed, the wind would help to winnow or remove the chaff from the grain. Grain-related tools are on display, as well as a barn loom used for weaving rag rugs. When the two barns were joined, the east end would have served as the stable.

As part of the Building Canada Fund, grant the log barn will be placed on a foundation. In July, 2009 the sections of the barn were lifted and moved. A sign was foundin between the exterior walls from the original Brougham site (see below).

LOG BARN

Logs cut from the vast forests of Pickering Township in the 1830 were used
to construct barns similar to this one by the early settlers
of the district. Hand hewn with the broad axe, timbers such
as that on the northwest end often measured 26 inches across
and 8 inches thick. The wooden hinges on which swing the main
double doors are typical of the craftsmanship and resourcefulness
of the time.

This barn was built orginally near the village of Denbigh County
of Lennox and Addington. Volunteer workers dismantled the barn log by log
and transported it the 170 miles to this site in 1961. Here each timber
was placed in its original position to achieve an almost perfect
reconstuction of the ancient building.