The Milk House was originally attached to the old barn by an 8' breezeway. The barn 40' x 60' had a silo and several appendages, was the home to the Bradley family cow herd in the 1930's and 1940's. The barn like many, no longer had a purpose and fell into ruin by the late 1980's. It finally collapsed in the 1990's. With the restoration of the tillage field across the lane, and the views of the hills beyond, we decided not to replace the barn in that location.
When we put in a new septic system in 2006, we built it below the milk house thinking that we would need plumbing in the barn. After several summers of farm help using the house for the plumbing, we decided to add a bathroom to the outside of the milk house and to add an 8' covered porch to get farm help out of the sun. We will be adding a refrigerator to the office so that farm hands can bring their own lunch and keep it cool.
The lake side of the building will have a separate toilet room, the large wash sink from the summer house, (2'x4') and an enclosed outdoor shower. We will add propane on demand hot water for the shower and the sink. We finished the fall season by planting several lilacs from the front yard around the milk house. The Celebration maple added in August 2009 is now 6' closer to the milk house and looks great.
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