A Smoky Mountain Barn Raising!

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March/April 1982
By Scott Nicholson and Ed Knapp 
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The men hand-set the ribs 32 inches apart, on center, and nailed them in place . . . using movable staging to install and secure the ridge board. The lower end of each rafter was tied into the rim joist (the subflooring having been cut away to permit access).

Bill and his crew sheathed the top of the structure with 1 X 6 tongue-ingroove pine siding, working from inside the barn to close in the lower twothirds of the roof, and on the outside—using toe boards for support—to finish the upper third. After the entire arched roof was covered with 7,200 square feet of asphalt shingles, the barn was completed by more or less standard construction procedures.

THE BIRTH OF A BARN

Once the work was done, the neighbors and friends who'd joined together in the creation of Bill Godfrey's new showplace wanted to share the joy they felt in their accomplishment, so they staged an old-fashioned, down-home hoedown! The whole valley was invited to attend and each guest was asked to bring a covered dish. The barn builders roasted two pigs for the occasion. too, and the local string band and a team of mountain cloggers provided entertainment.

More than 200 people participated in the fun and—after the partying wound down—watched with pleasure and satisfaction as Bill Godfrey drove each antique wagon into its beautiful, spacious, impossible home.

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