One wall of the barn is open, but the roof, reinforced in 1986, looks solid. There is also a beautiful 1957 rainbow truss barn on the property. Destroyed by fire January 31, 1957, local farmers gathered and raised the current barn in two months.
The Kattners will continue to farm the property through this year. Pease expects it will take about a year before work begns on the residential lots and at that time the barn will come down unless someone wishes to move it.
He is willing to give it away in order to preserve the octagonal barn.
"I'd love nothing better than to drive five miles away and say, 'Hey, they reconstructed the barn over here'," Pease said. "We would, at a minimum, sell the timbers so that they would end up in someone's recreation room."
Let's hope the barn is saved and moved. Perhaps to Horse Fair Park or the Spring Grove Fish Hatchery.
I've talked to local farmers who believe the barn's roof is in way too bad of a shape to save.
--CootBarn
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