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Stone Barn
This is one of only a few remaining complete stone barns in Wisconsin. The stone was likely from the field in front of it.
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Albums: Barns and Buildings
Location: On the cusp of time
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Comment by Kristin on October 28, 2013 at 7:23pm
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We now have a fb page. Just search Chase Stone Barn for more info.
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I was hoping that as the stone barn became more known that people would come forward with their old photos. An descentant of the Krause family that built the barn contacted us with old photos from around 1910-1920 (which I have posted on our town website), and then I have several from 1995 on, but nothing inbetween. You can tell this photo was after 1995 because that is when the first repairs to the barn were done. You can tell because there is plastic in the windows. The massive 100 ft long by 2 ft thick north wall was leaning out 16" and had caused numberous cracks to the barn which threatened it to collapse, taking much of the barn with it, but miraculously it was repaired. Unfortunately they repaired it with gray portland cement, and we will have to remove that by hand and re-tuck it with the original recipe of lime-putty mortar which is peach in color. But the structure is sound for the time being. I can't wait until we can use the barn for events!
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Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on December 28, 2010 at 1:32pm
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Everybody needs to check out Kris' shots of this barn. Very nicely done!
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Comment by Maggie Friend on December 28, 2010 at 11:24am
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Very cool to learn more about the history of this stone, Kris! I can just imagine the two foot thick walls of beautiful tumbled stone. Beautiful photo, Robert! I love the variation in the color of the stone that you captured here.
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Comment by wiffledust on December 28, 2010 at 10:41am
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i'm so glad you guys are finding each other. i can't believe that two people in wisconsin are wonderful photographers meeting up over a gorgeous old barn here on wiffledust! this makes me thrilled!!!
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Kris,
I am so very pleased to find out a little more info about this structure. I've had this particular photograph in my stock for about 6 years now and I get all kinds of great commentary on it. Thanks for the info and I just may take you up on the offer of a tour. boB
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If you are ever in the area give me a holler and I'll give you a personal tour. I'm on the Stone Barn Committee to help preserve this barn.
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I LOVE IT when I see that others have pics of this barn. Yes, it is one of the last surviving all-fieldstone barns in the US. There are other stone barns, but very few "fieldstone." The walls are built of solid fieldstone and mortar and are two feet thick. The stone were originally picked from local farm fields, however thier origin was the Canadian Shield. Massive glaciers pushed and tumbled the stone to this region during 3 known ice ages over the past 70,000 years, rounding them as they tumbled along. It is owned by the Town of Chase municipality, not the historical society. It is part of the new Chase Stone Barn Park. I have all the history on our town website at www.townofchase.org.
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Comment by Lorraine Fowler on December 7, 2010 at 10:49am
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Sooo glad it was saved.
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This is one of the very few complete stone barns left in the state of Wisconsin. It has recently been aquired by the historical society and is being refurbished as an area history museum. I like that. It's been conjectured that the stones used in it's construction likely came out of the field that it's standing in. I like that too.
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