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I don't know what the boards are made of but the beams and such are Oak, Red Oak I think is wha the one carpenter said when we were looking at getting the old Dairy barn (Not pictured) fixed up..... If they used local woods the siding probably was either white or yellow pine but I doubt it is local.. I am no wood expert or carpentry expert The biggest problem we have is not insect damage but moisture rotting the wood out around nails and at the bases.. We don't seem to have a huge termite problem in the area although the renters did this house a few years back..
 
Those old barns are sure nice IL Rancher,and dang sure worthy of restoration,wish I had em on my place..............good luck
PS thanks for the picture story.
 
Juan, its just not up to me is the problem... If it was I would fix them up but until my father in law changes his mind or the wife and I buy him out we aren't going to get the purse strings loosened for some "dumb old barns"..

I'll try to get the third barn tomorrow.. I think it is the most intersting of them all but it has one huge structural problem.. Broken beams and post.
 

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