Old Barn, Hope River - demolished

     On July 3rd I noticed the windows had been taken out of this old barn and thought it must be in advance of demolition - so I took these photos.  It's located on the St. Mary's Road (Rte 224) near the intersection with Simpson Mill Road.

     Meacham's 1880 Atlas of Prince Edward Island shows this farmstead was 2 farms, to the right/west was Felix Murphy with 55-acres and the Hope River Post Office.  The farm to the left/east belonged to Jno Hogan with 60-acres. 

     Cumin's 1928 Atlas of Prince Edward Island shows the two farms above now one farm owned by Leo Reid with 114-acres.  

     Above is the new house that belongs to this farmstead - the old barn is to the left.  This house was built in 2003-2004 - it replaced the house below which was moved over to the east corner lot (at St. Mary's Rd and Broadway Rd.) of the farmstead, restored and sold.

     The photo below was taken on Feb. 14, 2004 - it shows the original house (now the yellow house above) with the new house behind (beige house /w red roof above) and the demolished barn above, in the far left.

On July 14th I took the photos below of the barn demolished.

Old PEI Barns

This old barn below is located in Ellerslie.

This large gambrel roof barn is located in Burlington

This traditional style barn is also located in Burlington

Another old gambrel roof barn in Long River

This very large beautifully decorated L-shaped barn is located in Northam.

The roof vents have cross-gabled roof and the dormers have paired windows in a casement style.

This barn is located on St. Mary's Road - it has all the elements of an old PEI barn.

This old barn is located in Carleton (near Coleman) - the homestead was settled in the 1850's - I'd say the barns date back to that period.  Much of the barns exterior walls are board and batten.

The front corner of the barn was damaged in a wind storm in the winter of 2009.