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Ranch
House
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Barn
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Chicken
House
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Carriage
House
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Outhouse
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Summer
Kitchen
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Spring
Room
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Cistern
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Ice
House
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School
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Virtual
Tour of the 1881 Limestone Barn
Level 1 - First
Floor
The first floor of this massive three-story limestone
barn is built into the north hillside, therefore there are no windows
on the north side. The exterior walls are 20 inches thick limestone.
The entrance to the main level occurs at grade along the north elevation.
In the photo above notice the three distinct floors marked by the
windows. In the photos below, notice how Jones used the sunlight
and its natural path to light the lower level of the barn.
Northeast View -Stalls
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Southeast View - Stalls
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West View
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North View - Tackroom
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The lower floor was used to stable
some of the livestock and house the tackroom. Stephen Jones
had 30 horses, 4 mules, 8 milkcows, 200 swine, and 450 cattle
according to the Kansas State Census of March 1885. Try to
imagine how warm it would be on the first floor during the
winter with the bodyheat of the livestock. Jones would have
used this level for the horses, mules, and milkcows. The barn
still has much of the original stalls and feed bunks from
the 1880s.
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