The Region's Oldest Barn September 24, 2008

On the west side of Mercer Road just north of the bridge, this barn was purchased in 1999 to prevent demolition of the last surviving barn among the three communities built by the Harmony Society. The 1805 barn housed the Society's Marino sheep and was re-roofed ca. 1850, perhaps as the consequence of tornado damage, by David Ziegler, a son of Harmony's Mennonite "second founder" Abraham Ziegler. Restoration to the1805-1850 period was completed in 2005.