SAHS

Salem Area Historical Society

Preserve, Protect, Educate

	The Dickerson "Windy Acres" Barn
	This is our current BIG project. SAHS started this project in 1998 with the dis-mantling and started the raising of the Dickerson Barn on our property in June of 2007.

The Barn on July 15, 2007.

June 12th Barn Wall Raising!!


                                                                                                           Jim Daniels and Kevin Brennan working on final bracing


May 21, 2007 Barn Walls ready for raising.                                        Close up of north wall timber bent.


May 21, 2007 Ken Brock moves Ash Logs readying them for            Lee Ullman cutting ash logs into boards with his portable sawmill.
cutting into boards for loft floor.                                                             http://uusaw.com



May 21, 2007 Don Riddering and Marcia VanFossen check out the
Michigan white pine boards that will be the barn siding.

Febuary 17 2007 The barn sill timbers are set and ready for
assembling the wall frame timber bents.

"Windy Acres" Dickerson Barn on 6 Mile Road in Salem Hamlet before being taken down by the SAHS for its move to the SAHS Historical Park.

Taking it apart

Keith drives the wooden pins that hold the timber frame together supervised by Steve Stier from the Michigan Barn preservation network. Paul Hensley used his forklift to facilitate the entire disassembly process. Dick Braun waits to tag each timber. so we will know where it goes.

All over

As the dozer starts to break up the cement floor Keith Klassen and Meroe Kaericher check out the rotted 12x12 sill timber.Only a short section survived .

The dozer could have been the complete fate of this barn but thanks to a generous property owner and the hard work of alot of volunteers we have saved a peice of local history