Exploring A Pre-Civil War Era Bank Barn In The Shenandoah Valley
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2022
- Today we explore this old bank barn located in the Shenandoah Valley. This type of barn was very popular to build in the pre-Civil War era in this area and is typical of the barns built with German influence by the farmers and homesteaders in this area.
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Amazing. The amount of work it took to build that is mind blowing.
The old time craftsmen were really good.
Hence the big family. If you were lucky you might have 4 or 5 sons to help you.
Not only did they have big families, they also all worked together. A barn needed to be raised and others would come to help raise the barn. The men and older boys would all do the barn raising, and the women cooked, tended after the children, and kept the men fed. They would also take them jugs of cold water to drink often sweetened with a natural sweetener so the men’s stomachs wouldn’t sour on them when the cold water reached their hot stomachs inside. My maternal 6x grandfather from Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany settled in Shenandoah along Stoney Creek area in Page County. He and Abraham Strickler would greet and welcome newcomers to America from the old country, and they along with other families would help the new families find land and get settled in. People did more working together back then, because they depended on each other to survive. They were amazing people, hard working, inventive entrepreneurs.
Slaves .
Nice little adventure..I grew up playing barn tag in barns like that..Sadly most are all gone now..Thanks Chigg for bringing back good memories.😊
Thanks Mr CHIGG love the History what craftsmanship 💟💟💟
Very enjoyable as always! Love your old building tours.
Chigg’s that was an amazing barn. Thank you for an incredible journey back in time. So awesome they have preserved it.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 love your old barn tours. So many barns are being taken down today and there’s no place for the barn swallows.
As always you take us along on another great adventure thank you 👍
The construction is really impressive. So much skill and hard work involved!
Perfect timing! Just made my coffee and love your videos.
Enjoy!
Wow my childhood was just brought back from my memories.
My, our horses chewed everything if we weren't shot on time tending to them.
We raised Scottish highlanders for milk and meat. They were the most "proper " animals ever. Always gentle always kind and most importantly they were always patient with us even when I very small, and through several generations of herds. They are just great animals. To this day, and I no longer live on farm. But to this day I will forever trust a Scottish Highlander. Danm good breed
I agree, sweetest breed.
Ah you missed a great opportunity when you put your thumb in the hole in the door. I would have jumped and probably laughed. 😆
Those older structures tell a story. Many times not just the history but much more. I'm sure the builders are having a good smile knowing people are still visiting the homestead and admiring it's architecture as well as longevity.
Thanks Chig. I grew up on a dairy farm here in northern Michigan with a huge Bank Barn as the center of our Universe. Twenty Five milking cows downstairs and hay lofts and grain bins above on both sides of the thrashing floor..It has a traditional Gambrel or "Dutch roof".with lots of beams for young farm kids to 'Walk". It was built by a Barn Builder named Ely Sites in the mid twentys when my Dad was a boy. The craftsmanship and peg joinery is amazing. I live just 4 miles away and still get to enjoy it. I share your admiration and understand your interest these old fossils. The hay left in the lofts provide support to the structure and sadly many barns around here have been blown down because they were left empty. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
Can't say I have ever seen barns like this here in the Netherlands or Germany, but they may have been a common style a few hundred years ago :)
On the farm I grew up on we just had the usual modern-style barns, with brick walls and pitch-covered planks. Also some old asbestos-covered roofs, which we got taught about very early on not to smash any of the damaged panels we found around the farm.
I imagine the stables we had with the manure dropping straight into a manure pit was a lot more efficient than these old-school barns. Even so I wish that barns like these will be preserved. They're such an integral part of history, and it'd be an utter shame to see them just slowly fall apart like this...
I love to see to see that old Barn! Thanks!!
Awesome 👌 do love exploring old buildings like this 👌 we come across a lot when out metal detecting but never as interesting as this one 😀
I can't imagine the man hours it took just to lay all that stone!
Always love exploring with you. Thank you for taking us with you to see some things that we might never have seen.
I love old structures like this too but it makes me sad to see them in poor condition.
Hay Mr chigg nice video that's a great old barn I've put up several thousand bales in barns like that thanks for sharing 👍
That was an excellent aventure! Thank you Beau ! I used to work on farms and ranches when I was young but out west,, even our old barns are thrown together and utilitarian. The CRAFTSMANSHIP here is unbelievable in this barn, so beautiful I felt I was touring a barn in Germany ! Your tours, too, are so personal and earthy that I could feel the stones under my hands and smell the luscious aroma of hay, my favourite scent in the world. Enjoyed this very much!!
Brought back many memories Chig.
Built like the USS Constitution.
Played in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin barns growing up.
Great builders.
THANK YOU so much for letting us come in with you and look around! I'm fascinated by the old architecture of barns and old houses! If only we could hear the stories they tell.
that place has been picked clean except for the poo and hay lol nice tour sir
This was exactly like our old barn back in PA. It has since fell down … but your exploration took me back to when I was a kid and was in that thing daily with the horses and cows. I love old barns
"Awesome!" Thank you! Love & light God bless you!💙🇺🇸❤
Another fascinating peek into history with everyones favourite teacher! Aka the chigg!!
LOVE these old barns!!😍
Thanks Chig I appreciate you taking the time to explain everything! I am always fascinated by the craftsmanship that went into building these old barns. Unfortunately there are fewer of them still standing as many current owners do little to preserve them as they don’t appreciate the history behind them. Your video will help future generations get a peek into the past! Keep ‘em coming as you come across them!
This brought back memories of exploring an old barn when I was much younger.
The chewing you’re referring to is called “cribbing”. My family used to own horses way back, and every so often, you’d walk into the barn and see divots in the stable doors where they had cribbed.
It’s typically labeled as a “stable vice” and can be caused by a lot of different things. Never known cows to do it though; then again, I’ve never owned cattle.
Calves will do that a lot when they’re teething. We’ve had to replace some boards in our calf hutches where they had chewed them down to almost nothing.
I doubt cows would because they have minimal top teeth.
I knew of horses cribbing before I had children. Then when I has children I learned why they call it cribbing, lol.
I used to love playing in old British Barns like this as a kid. Thanks for the tour.
Loved the video Mr. Chigg!! I had many German ancestors who lived in the Shenandoah Valley. A couple of them were pioneers. I went back over ten plus generations in my family genealogy on my mom's side. I love the old barns and homes ...I think back to those eras and the history i've read about them and just imagine and wonder if my ancestors helped to build some of the barns and homes in the valley. And imagine what it was like back in those days for them. I know it was hard work from sun up to sun down. Thank you for sharing this great find and the exploring of it. Boy if those walls could talk what a tale they could tell huh?!!
Love how you pull us into the moment! Watch your head ! You first! Appreciate you !
Love seeing old barns & farms Cheers!
As a teenager, when my buddies were hoarding "girlie mags" I had a great collection of Eric Sloane books on barns, farm tools, and basically everything dealing with New England rural life. Great illustrations and content! Awesome video Chigg!
Grew up playing around in old barns exactly like this, which is no surprise considering I grew up in the Shenandoah Valley. Great to see a video about them!
I want a thumb-hole door! That absolutely blew my mind. Thank you for this tour. Barns fascinate me.
Thanks for the tour! 👏👏👏
Entertaining, informative, novel, relaxing and all that other mother jazz. Great vid. Thanks
Thanks Chigg. This sparked some memories of the best summers, spent on my uncles farm. The barn was almost the same, but the foundation was made of Medina stone. I can almost smell the fresh cut hay, alfalfa and manure. A whole different life for a city kid,lol.
Thanks for the explore. 👍
Wonderful old barn, thanks for showing us!
Best video ever! Please do more historical buildings. Your knowledge is so valuable to people like me that appreciate the value of your knowledge. More please 💓
Thank you! Will do!
I love old barns!! Thank you Chigg❣️
THANKS for the tour!! Super Interesting History lesson!!!
I was raised on a farm , and I love old barn's and old cabins or houses .They are amazing. Thanks Chigg
I've never seen a barn like this one, but I am impressed. I love the compartments and the hay ricks built in. Beautiful construction!💖
Thanks for the video, Sir Beau.
Reminds me of my Grandpa and Grandma's barn that was located in Southern Illinois. When I was a kid back in the 50's and early 60's, I spent lots of time exploring in their barn and property. His barn was pegged together like that one is, I was always amazed by the main beam that held the barn together. It was a sycamore tree about 1 1/2' across, at least 50' long. It still had the bark on it and was pegged to other upright logs with pegs that were 1 1/2" - 2" across. I have no idea how they ever lifted a log that size up that high to peg it together to hold the barn up. Grandpa's house was older than the hills it seemed like. His basement and foundation was was made with sandstone, though. Unfortunately, the house was blown away by a tornado and after my grandparents passed away everything was pushed in with a caterpillar, burned, and converted into farmland. All I've got is memories.
Thanks chig!. Sure reminds me of old times of crawling around old barns as a kid..
Wow what a amazing place thank you so much for showing us this wish I can go back in time miss it 💔
Love the old barns plenty down here as well! I swear they tell stories sometimes.
Ty. Love old structures & the history ❤️
Thanks Chigg for passing all that knowledge on. Great video!!
3:26 Overhang for those memorable times when the countryside was "snowed in." This entrance would be level to the surface snow drifts. Animals could be tended and hay/fodder accessed.
Love those old barns
Very cool thanks for sharing 👍
Pretty cool! Love those old barns!
this reminds me of growing up and playing in grandpaws barn. those were the days.
it also reminds me of one of my favorite stories about my grandma. when she was 5 (1918) she was pretty adventurous. one day she got the bright idea of going hand over hand along the roof beam from one haymow to the other. she was about halfway across when her mother came in and saw her. her mother just froze for fear of startling grandma and making her fall. so she just stood there and watched as grandma went the rest of the way across. boy did she get her butt beat when she got back on the ground though lol!
More barns! Please!!! Brought back so many memories of my childhood in Valley Forge , Pa.!!
Nice barn,great adventure waving at ya Chigg
Thankyou for the tour. My ancestors were Pennsylvania Deutch. I live in western Canada. What an amazing barn. Lots of work to build it.
Great video Bo, i laughed at " horses are big chewers of wood " Haha! You have a way with words!
I really enjoyed this video/history lesson. Thanks Chigg!
Hello Mr. Chigg, thank you for showing us through that barn. My lungs wouldn’t even let me go in the front door. Allergies, I would’ve coughed and snorted and sneezed probably for the rest of the day if I went in that thing. But they are beautiful the way they’re put together. Nothings going to be 300 years old it’s amazing. Where did they put the water for the animals? In that barn did they ever milk cows? I really enjoy all of your videos, please keep making them. And I don’t care how many videos you show us of all the different bullets to find. It’s still a lot of fun. Hope everyone’s well.
TY Sir another very enjoyable video
I like them old barns to be safe Chigg and GOD BLESS y’all Amen 🙏
Love old Barns!!!!
Thanks for another great video
Glad to see you in my area
I love them old barns
Very cool!!
Cool old barn love old places to explore
Very cool old barn!
enjoyed your exploring adventure.
Very educational video that's what I love about your videos. Keep up the great work 👍 👏
Thanks..enjoyed
Nice trip thanks !
Hey Chigg,
I always enjoy your history facts on the area There!
I thought I might give you a little back!
I listen to a Dr Joel Wallach, who worked with Marlin Perkins Wild Kingdom, as a veterinarian at the time.
He mentioned that horses chew on the wood, (which he said , was called cribbing) was because the horses lacked minerals so they have a craving to chew on wood, in order to get those minerals!
Keep up the good work!
Awesome old place. Imagine the men working on this barn, splitting beams, mortising, tenon the joints and pegs. I would have snagged that fine old hand-forged hook and asked the owner if I could have it....that is awesome.
Very cool Chigg! I dismantled 18th C. barns and houses for several years back in the 90's. Most barns of that period were made out of "pole trees", virgin timber that was still trying to make it up to where the big trees had their crowns. That is the reason that those beams were so long and uniform in width. they were fighting to reach the crown area. Think of a "hole in the sky" that a tree had to reach as quickly as possible. Nice clean timber with few side branches. Just what's needed for a post and beam structure.More barns please. You're the best!!
Hi😊 Video very, very beautiful❤ My Big Like!)
Absolutely amazing building!!!! Live this video Chigg. . Love your channel it's great when its varied like this. Well done mate
Cool place!!!!!
Very cool thanks
Very cool
AWESOME!
Thanks Chigg
Wow, I spent my childhood in Connecticut exploring old structures like this. My family had about 30 acres of land, with an old stagecoach trail running through it, and a barn just like this.
There was something on top of the wall behind you at the very end of the video. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us chig
Beautiful treasure chest there!!! I love those old barns as well. If you have never read any of Eric Sloanes books you should check them out. Next time make sure you " throw the horse over the fence some hay" as the Pa dutch say. Thanks so much for sharing that!!!
I would have to say that old barn has been "picked clean" from someone else in the past. It was WAY TOO CLEAN!
that's a small barn..hehe the one we moved to when i just turn 18 had main beams going almost 4 stories and the trunks of these beams were huge, I'm 6,4 and i can only get my arms around maybe 3 sides they were huge massive old growth conifers old school, out side in the brush is prolly 1920s or 1930s old tractor with the steel tracks on the back wheels so its older then that, found bottles 1875 and older, this in the back woods of Pennsylvania, the people who bought the land later on junked the tractor later on so I'm told.
I build and restore post and beam barns ( barnwright) . The hay rail was the demize of many barns . They typically had to cut out the perlin tie beam , to allow the track to run the length of the barn . I've found some pretty neat things in old barns
Yup very cool!
You learned me a few things today. My Grandmother was German but called herself Pennsylvania Dutch, it was said that during WWII you didn't want to be known as German so they used the name Pennsylvania Dutch. Also I learned about the bank barn. There were a few in WI and I used one, but didn't know they had a special name. It was fun touring the barn with you.
I like these exploring vids
The green of the hay through the door downstairs was a beautiful shade.
looks like a good place to metal detect!
I dig the Chigg!
Cool I Have Not Did That In A Long Time. Back As A Kid Love To Do That.😉