2018-01-03_PERMIT FILE - C1981010 (33)

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lumber. The partially collapsed milled lumber roof retains remnants of sheets of asphalt roofing. The structure rests atop a foundation of milled lumber. Two lumber steps lead up to the single entry in the north wall, which retains a Dutch -style door (with an upper half that can be opened independently of the bottom half). Window frames and sashes are situated in the centers of the east, south, and west walls, however no window glass is present. The interior of the structure has shelves along the south and west walls, and a short shelf on the north wall. The interior of the structure is filled with modern trash. Feature 5, the largest structure on the site, is approximately 200' to the north- northwest of Feature 1. It is a rectangular wood -frame barn, oriented north-northwest x south-southeast, with exterior shed roofs extending off of the south-southeast and east- northeast sides that create open -sided shades or "loafing sheds." The barn is of front -gabled wood -frame construction with the main entryway in the southeast wall. The walls are covered with vertically -placed, rough -cut, sawmill trim bark slabs and the roof is of corrugated sheet metal. The barn itself, without the extending shed roofs, measures 60' east- northeast/west-southwest by 36' north-northwest/south-southeast. The interior of the structure is one large room that has been divided by milled lumber fences into two main rooms, two notably small livestock stalls, a stud or bull stable, and a tack room. An L-shaped walkway allows access to the stable and stalls from the main room. Additional half -gates, half -doors, and Dutch doors open from the main room to the walkway, stable, and tack room, and from the tack room to a storage or bunk room at the north end of the loafing shed on the east-southeast exterior. Barn doors open to the exterior at both the north-northwest (double barn doors) and south-southeast (single barn door) ends of the main central room. The double doors themselves are only 5'5" in height, however, a milled -lumber hatch has been hung above the doors that swings upward to provide for higher clearance. Other entryways exist at the northwest and southeast corners of the "feed storage" room, the south end of the walkway, and the northwest corner of the "storage/bunk room." Stirrups, a halter, and a harness remain hanging in the tack room, indicating use of at least part of the barn for housing horses. Notably, there is no hayloft in the barn. The second largest room, forming the north-northwest portion of the interior, was possibly used for hay and feed storage. Electricity was supplied to the barn as indicated by the presence of ceramic insulators and segments of cloth -covered wire. A single electric bulb light remains mounted to the wall, with a metal pan reflector. A modern, heavy-duty, electric extension cord, with spliced bare light bulbs, is strung diagonally across the interior of the barn. A power box is mounted to the inside of the south-southeast wall near the stable. Loose siding lumber is stacked on the rafters above the stables and the dirt floor is covered with cow manure as the barn doors remain open, allowing access to livestock. The Moffat County Assessor Data Site indicates additions to the barn were made in 1957. It is possible this addition was re -roofing as the roof appears to be newer than the barn structure itself. we