This barn packs some history!

#RockSolidHistory and #WhoKnewItWednesday from the Somerville Barn in Mason, Michigan!

This unique bank barn, meaning it is built into the hillside to help easily move items out of the second floor, won Barn of the Year in 2025.

This designation, from the Michigan Barn Preservation Network, celebrates bans that are preserved for future generations.

Sommerville Barn was built in 1881 by attaching two older barns together. It is 90 feet long. Its original use was for dairy farming, but it has also been used for Shropshire sheep breeding and honey processing.

You can still see inside bark-covered, hand-hewn logs that framed this building. The barn remains within the same family that built it. And they are also my family through marriage!
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