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Restored barn/shack/dwelling/cotton house, now reloading room.
Located on my wife's homeplace. I guess the building pre-dates the War of 1861-65. It was originally put together with post and tenon construction, held together by wooden pegs. It was in poor repair, and needed to either come down or be rebuilt. What I did is best described as a rebuild than a restoration, because there is very little original construction left. I suspect it was one of the first buildings in the community that someone lived in because of the size (about 15x16 feet) and the fact that it had a front door and a back door. No large doors, as would be found in a barn. I rebuilt it using cedar siding from cedar trees blown down on the place in a tornado. The farm has been in my wife's family more than 100 years. It is located about three miles west of the Flint River, about 90 miles South of Atlanta. God's Country. Before and after pictures below. The "after" picture was made on July 4th of this year. I did a more complete write-up of the rebuild on the Smith&Wesson Forum if anyone is interested. I have a 10,000 BTU AC powered by a genset, and I am spending hot/humid days in the barn reloading ammo, getting ready for who knows what.
Nice job on the rebuild. Much better choice than tearing it down. In my opinion, too many usable buildings are torn down or left to rot. I have always enjoyed rebuilding and reusing old stuff. Long before it became the "hip" thing to do. Long before it was called repurposing.
