The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-11-27
COL. J. S. CARR'S BARN.
Description of the New and Elegant
Building Which He Is Completing.

Description of the New and Elegant
Building Which He Is Completing.
Col. J. S. Carr's magnificent stock barn
on his Occoneechee plantation at Hills
boro is now about completed. This build
! ing is a large two story and basement
structure of brick and frame AZ feet wide
by 155 feet long. The basement, extend
ing under one-half the length of the
stalls, each 6x9 feet, with sufficient room,
between, for as many more. The first
floor contains IA open stalls 6X9 feet and
II box stalls I2x12 feet, feed mixing
room GX9 feet, harness room 12x13 feet,
managers office 12x13 feet with bath
room attached containing bath, water
closet, urinal and wash stand, and men S
room containing water closet, urinal and
wash stand This floor is 13 feet in the
clear.
The second floor is 1S feet high, with
a maximum height of % feet, and con-
tains storage room for 500 tons Of hay,
two grain bins with a capacity of 5000
bushels, and two smaller bins, one capa-
BILE of holding so and one 100 bushels of
grain. All grain and hay is stored on
the second floor and by an automatic
arrangement of shutes and spouts de-
livered to the basement and first floor.
Three large water tanks holding 1000
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entire building, aud to each stall direct.
Each stall is provided with cast iron
stall fixtures, feed pot, water pot and
hay rick. All the stall floors on first
IA horses and 12 mares and foals, is pro-
vided on the first floor, being we'll venti
lated and lighted. The box stalls are
built up solid to a height of feet, sur
mounted by open iron work feet high.
All doors have brass mOrtise latches
with countersund handles, working from
in and outside The east and west doors
are 14x13 feet, provided with counter
weights weighing 600 pounds, and are
easily raised and lowered like ordinary
window sash. The north and south
doors are 12x13 feet, aud being hung on
Victor hangers are easily opened or
closed by a child.
The passage way, east and west, is %
feet wide at the upper stalls, narrowing
to II feet wide at the box stalls. The
north and south passage way is ID feet
wide Two wide stairways to the base
ment and two to the second Il or, pro
vide easy and quick access to either place
tined grapple hay fork and delivery track,
together with all the necessary fixtures
for hanging and cleaning harness and
tools are provided and complete the in
ternal arrangements.
The exterior is built Of brick to the
first floor The first story is lined through
out with dressed lumber and outside with
german siding, and a belt course sur.
mounts this with an ordinary moulding
and frieze under a swell of the upper
story shingles.
The second story is rough boarded and
shingled A handsome cornice Of crown
and bed mould facia and trieZe adOrns
the caves. There is a window to eacl
stall, containing plain glass in lower sash
and small colored lights in upger sash
The doors are beautifully decorated with
plain and colored glass. The second
story is provided with Is large window:
same as those in first, together with Il
ventilators feet in diameter and vel
tilators feet in diameter The form O.
the roof longitudinally is that of bas
tard mansard, the slope of the roof being
broken, the lower slope being very steer
while the upper is about half pitch. The
4 large 6 feet ventilators are placed neal
the top of the building. A gable, in tht
centre of the roof and at right angle:
thereto, is of one slope. A tower sur
mounts all and flag pole 20 feet high OF
top Of this. The total height from tor
of flag pole to the ground is 80 feet. Fou
octagonal pigeon cotes, with handsome
| finals adOrn each corner.
The second story shingles and sash art
painted olive green, the cornice, bel
course, mouldings, ventilator circles anC
bars, first story sash and second story
window frame. are painted red, the frs
story and pigeon cotes are painted ligh
drab with dark drab trimmings. The
tower roof is of Vermont red slate anC
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