Henny Barn

buildings with great facility, a saving of timber, and without requiring skilled help." masonry buildings, they were part of the movement to develop essentially pre-fabricated suitable dimensions, according to the size of the building to be erected." In this case, two planks are used (see photo 3 for identification of posts, girdens, etc.). The the corner of a building, one finds a joint such as that shown in photo 6; here tenoned with a cleat. On the other side of the beam, there are three planks, one running from CONDITION CHECK ONE the clues necessary to find the information below.

Morris and Slanser noted in their patent specifications that their goal was each have tenon ends which are fitted into the mortised planks forming the post.Beneath _DETERIORATED these girders is a single piece of wood with a section notched out that is exactly as Although the patent specifications sometimes contain the same material, the lengths so as to form therewith a compound plank construction that gives strength and the rafters forming the roof (see photo 3). These diagonal brace-pieces are bolted to width of the barn, which run from the sides of the barn to the center and are joined This patent also specifies that the planks making up the beams are of different shows how this girder and post joint is handled at a doorway.

buildings, since this barn would have been constructed of planks sawed at the saw mill girders meet at right angles with the one on the left in the photo slightly below the one with the diagonal brace pieces for the roof attached to the posts.

specitications indicate he lived in Lakue in 1876 and 1877. He became a partner in the and operated it himself until his death on November 15, 1902. A son, Joseph A., took over the business when his father died. Slanser, then, would have been a logical partner in consecutive years, is a prominent member and liberal supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he has been officially connected as a minister for many years." Maybe PERIOD THEATER EDUCATION BUILDER/ARCHITECT ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC CONSERVATION RELIGION AGRICULTURE SIGNIFICANCE LAW atlas.

POLITICS/GOVERNMENT PREHISTORIC LITERATURE MILITARY INDUSTRY This barn is very important architecturally because it illustrates the use _COMMUNICATIONS _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT 1835 in Switzerland and was the son of Andrew and Catherine Slanser.One history says SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN in the county history gives no clear clue to his involvement in the patents.

Morris was Rev.William Morris is a more interesting figure since the biographical sketch that his mother died in Switzerland and that Joseph and his father came to America in these inventions since he would have had a vested interest in promoting the use of lumber According to the Marion County histories, Joseph Slanser was born October 5, this barn is also in some danger since it is vacant and subject to vandalism.The details these inventions with Slanser, who may have seen this as an opportunity to experiment with turned up only one other barn like it in Seneca County (which is heavily used and He then taught for about four years, married, and fathered seven children. Morris was Morris and Joseph Slanser of LaRue (Marion County),Ohio.

An informal survey has _COMMERCE _PHILOSOPHY X_INVENTION developed on the same building. therefore almost impossible to photograph as well as this one) and none in Marion County; instead of the heavy beams then used in barns.