tobacco barn "FINISHED"

Funny, I noticed the same thing when I first saw the photo of this great structure. I saw plenty of these barns in East Tennessee where my folks grea up (used to go there every summer or Christmas when I was kid, into the late 80s) and none I ever saw had an open area like that.

I thought tobacco barns had windows to open for air circulation as needed.

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Dennis

some photos of NC barns

There are apparently two kinds of tobacco cured two differnt ways...Kentucky burley,

is cured in the tall, often black creosoted barns, seen throughout the Bluegrass, and

they have tall slim doors, like shutters almost, that can be opened and closed along

the two sides of the barn.  I don't remember, haven't paid attention to any cover,

shelter, or "porch". but the barns I am describing usually are large, have a wagon door on each end, and tobacco is lifted up on the sticks right off the wagon inside the barn.

I suspect the barn modeled here is a much smaller one that would not allow that.

No matter what you decide, you have a real winner here.  Very nice job!

Art

Yes, it is a very nice looking building.  The tractor is a good touch, too.

Beautiful job, Ira. Additions like this really make your layout unique.

Nicely done!

Alan

All thats missing is the smell----burn a little pipe tobacco.

First class job!

Yep, now thats good,   saw a bunch of them across HWY  268, on Sunday afternoons

Now

1 more item,  that is pretty high up those stones,  (step)

  needs to be 1 step , about half way warped

"""1 step , about half way warped"""

step, sounds right, now field stone or old planks??,  My wife said that the tobacco barns had no floor other than dirt, so one would actually step down? after going in.

but as i said all i know about tobacco is it came in a package and it had a camel on it and I smoked them during the war, because it was the only way i could keep my hands from shaking

next project will be her grandfathers farm house and barn and 'packhouse'  her family is getting photos of all the old buildings, this farm was a farm from 1840 til now

Robeson County NC, Fairfield NC  Her grand pa was Cherokee and Lumbee and her Grandmother was Cherokee,  her father was Cherokee and Irish (now that was a mix)

when i got introduced to them 28 years ago, i felt like Custer

Nice looking barn.  

Based on some research I have done, this is a form of a Tobacco Barn, though which time period, I could not ascertain.  This design is not common here in KY, but a few clicks of the mouse does show that this is a design utilized by Tobacca farmers.  From my standpoint/ perspective, the typical Tobacca Barn is for the most part a Big Black Shell with slats in it, spaced roughly every foot or so.  Half of my family are farmers, and have been growing the leafy products for the past 100+ years.  All of our barns are the Big Black variety.  

Now you've given me an idea.  

got relatives in Louisville from way back  the DeMoss's

great on the idea,  bet a barn with the green rolled heavy felt paper with slats would be doable, I built mine out of balsa and basswood, total expenditure less than five bucks and i have all kinds of wood

My wifes family were farmers and grew the golden leaf also, and I, (thru her) am getting photos of the farm and will build the farmhouse and barn next

here is picture of work in progress

as you can see nothing but balsa and basswood, (fake rocks are basswood)

plus it is rather fun, i have a family room that is pretty big 25X25 and opposite the fireplace i have a corner set up for me to play with whateve, clean guns build things so forth, and this is what i do, sitting in my corner