Bill Kibbel Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I've inspected thousands of barns with a few hundred having been converted to a new use. This is the most unique barn I've seen. Click to Enlarge 55.16 KB It was built in 1899 on a wealthy industrialist/bankers estate, who's home became a Governor's mansion. The barn housed sheep, dairy cows and prize bulls. It is now a residence, with the exterior retaining most of it's original details. The top levels of the two five-storey towers originally held water tanks. Click to Enlarge 79.1 KB Click to Enlarge 150.45 KB Click to Enlarge 72.73 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 It's not often that someone gets a job that's both fun and pays. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Wow. You crossed over into another dimension with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 That was a barn? Sheep, cows and bulls lived there? Wow! Any photos of the mansion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 That was a barn? Sheep, cows and bulls lived there? Wow! Any photos of the mansion? The main house is from an earlier time and style. Click to Enlarge 84.51 KB The architect that designed the barn, Raleigh Gildersleeve, also designed another building that I'm intimately familiar with: Click to Enlarge 36.35 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I was thinking the barn would make a nice Inn with a British pub included. Sir Raleigh was a Brit, no doubt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Amaral Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Can you say "Maintenance Headache" ? Fun stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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