This carriage barn was built in 1880 out of Cambria Redwood. It was given to me if I cleaned the trash out of it. It required 2 pick up loads to the dump.
Every board and shingle was removed one at a time. I kept this door intact.
Before I built the Telegraph Office, I had to build the fence behind it to hide my junkyard.
I hand picked each plank. Dimensions are 8 feet high and 120 feet long. 10’ treated 4x4 boards planted 3 foot deep & 2 bags quick creet.
A cedar fence from that point on.
The dip in the corner of the fence is for the big dish to see a low eastern scotchlight. There is a neighbor gate between the two fences.
The telegraph office will be hiding my communications array.
My antenna mast can’t be hidden so I painted it rust brown.
Some of the details include antique pole climbing gear, a 10’ pole shovel, and telegraph insulators & wire.
This is the backside without the window boxes.
The antique windows & door come from other locations but worked well.
It truly looks like it’s been there for years.
I used other antique wood for the sign and dedicated it to John Whitford for giving me some other antiques.
For a more ornate look, I made a 2’ telegraph.
The window boxes finish the real look. You can look in the windows, but can’t see the end of the box.
