Old barns get new purpose

Gazette Staff

A bird's eye view from the top of the Baird large barn looking down on the hog barn, both of which are being dismantled and the wood re-purposed.

A portion of a red fir beam, from Baird farm barn constructed in the early 1900's, after sanding and clear varnish reveal the beauty of the wood hidden beneath more than 100 years of dirt.

One of the barns being dismantled at the Baird farm in the Union Center area in Whitman County by Pillars of Society Woodworks.

Above: The Dayton Bar Z Ranch heritage barn, c. 1900, to be re-built partly with wood from the Baird barns in Whitman Count...