Corn Crib

This log barn is more accurately called a corn crib. Corn cribs were built to allow for sufficient air circulation to permit the slow drying of harvested corn and wheat, which also prevented the growth of mold and mildew on the grain.

The double pen log structure is similar to another frontier structure, called a “dogtrot,” which consisted of two log cabins connected by a covered breezeway. This type of structure allowed early settlers to live in
the cabin on one side of the breezeway with their livestock being housed on the other side.