“The Anatomy of a Barn” will be presented at the Morgan Manning House in Brockport on Thursday, January 12. Scott Galliford will provide commentary on the power point program starting at 7:30 p.m. The Victorian-style home at 151 Main Street is headquarters for the Western Monroe Historical Society which sponsors the program free to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Galliford will present the types of construction design in 19th century local barns. His first interest in barns occurred about 15 years ago when he received Daniel Fink’s book “Barns of the Genesee” as a gift. His introduction to timber framing was hands-on, when he became interested in two local historical barns and “took them apart and brought them home,” he said, to reconstruct them on his farm. He is a member of the Timber Framer’s Guild which provides training programs for timber framers, and disseminates information about timber framing. From the guild he learned blue printing and tagging dismantled barns for reconstruction. Continuing a 1970s timber frame revival, Galliford says the timber frame construction endures in places like the New York State Thruway rest stops, park buildings, and ski lodges with their impressive vaulted ceilings.
Galliford is member of the Town of Sweden Barns Committee which has documented and photographed historic barns in the township. He is also working with a group to preserve the abandoned Clarendon Stone Store at the four corners in Clarendon.
Galliford and his wife, Christine Hunt, reside at The White Farm Bed & Breakfast, on White Road in Sweden. Their historic property includes an early 1820s hand hewn barn still in use.
For information phone (585) 637-3645.
