Walker Barn, 276 North Main Street, 1938

Collection Name:

George W. Perry Scrapbooks

Title:

Walker Barn, 276 North Main Street, 1938

Creator:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971

Creator Role:

Collector

Accession / Call Number:

1974.045

Object ID:

1974.045.12.040

Date:

1938

Type of Material:

graphic material

Physical Description:

1 photograph

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Photographic print of the Walker barn at the corner of Main and Penacook Streets in Concord, NH, dated 1938. The caption states, "Walker Barn 1830 This barn is at the corner of Main and Penacook streets, built in 1830 to replace the one built by the First Minister. This one is eighty feet long by forty feet wide, is entered at the ends and has a driveway twelve feet wide extending through its entire length, on each side of which are bays for the storage of hay. It main timbers are of sawed hard pine, and its roof boards, which extend without piecing from the ridge to the eaves, are of the same material. The other timbers, plank, and boards are of white pine. These, delivered upon the site and ready for use, cost in 1830, seven dollars per thousand. This lot was number one of the First Range reserved from the minister together with the six-acre, or home lot number 51. The Great Plain this lot was directly east of his lot No 1 and lots 2 james Simonds, lot 3 Thomas Page, lot 4 Davis Dodge, and lot 5 Christopher Carlton. The range stone can be seen at the corner of the barn. 276 N. Main, photograph made in 1938."

Subjects:

Barns , Fences

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift of May Nutter.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

2