1896 Martens Barn, 4368 240th Street, Ashton (Lyon County)
This 36×96 ft barn has been in the same family since its construction, and it sits atop a Sioux Quartzite foundation. Mortise and tenon joints with wooden pegs hold the frame together. There are wood floors throughout the main floor with a Sioux Quartzite cistern under the alleyway floor. The cistern was fed from the gutter on the south side. It has since been filled in, but the rock remains in place. The center alleyway gives access to divide pens on one side and an open area on the other for livestock and milking stanchions with a manger to feed from (Award of Distinction).
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