After carefully recording the barn and making measured drawings, the General Contractor, Lee Morgan, Inc., is tearing the barn down to its foundation. The job should be finished by September 22nd. For now the concept is to use the rebuilt barn for office purposes. This is what the outside of the barn will look like when we complete the reconstruction job. As you can see, this was an imposing dairy barn, first erected in the late 1920s.
Historical photographs are an invaluable resource for historic preservationists.
They allow us to be absolutely faithful to the original appearance of the structure. Imagine how imposing this building will be when it reappears on the landscape sometime next year. The Hornet's Nest is the symbol of Mecklenburg County. In 1780 the British army occupied Charlotte and its environs. It is also the symbol of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission.