He Builds Replicas Of Round Barns

He Builds Replicas Of Round Barns AG WORLD 24-6-21 Round barns are rapidly disappearing from the rural landscape, especially in Indiana where they were more common than in most areas of North America. Russell Teeters is doing his part to preserve the memory of the unusual structures by building perfect scale model replicas. He crafts the barns without any written plans. Each piece of wood is cut and placed by hand, including the hundreds of shingles which are shaved to exactly fit their spot. One of his first round barns was based on an existing barn on Highway 135 just south of Bargersville, Ind. He recently completed a "prairie barn". It's 47 in. long, 28 in. wide, and has a 5-in. entrance. It consists of 1,085 deck boards, 203 siding boards, 87 rafters, 167 pieces of barn loft flooring, over 2,000 shake shingles, 62 hinges and 370 screws. Teeters started the barn in January, 2000, and finished it seven months later in July. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Russell Teeters, 2908 W. Indian Creek Rd., Trafalgar, Ind. 46181 (ph 317 878-4463).

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