Autumn 2008
A list of Vermont barns you can visit:
- Applecheek Farm, Hyde Park, 888-4482. The ground floor of the barn houses animals, including llamas, miniature horses and dwarf goats. The second floor is an events center. Part of an organic farm specializing in high-quality meats.
- Boyden Farm, Cambridge, 644-6363. An 1800s post and beam barn that serves as a location for weddings, proms and other events, and is part of the diverse Boyden family farm operation.
- The Common Man, Warren, 583-2800. Billed as “New American cuisine in an old American setting,” the Common Man offers dining in a 19th-century barn.
- Falkenbury Farm Barn, Benson, 537-2979. The red barn at this farm/B&B features the family name written in red on the slate roof. Part of a small family farm operation.
- Neighborly Farms of Vermont, Randolph Center, 728-4700. The original 19th-century barn burned, but a barn was rebuilt circa 1940. Visitors are welcome to tour this barn and the working farm.
- Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, 985-8686. See the Breeding Barn, built in 1891 and once the country’s largest open-span structure.
- Skinner Barn, Waitsfield, 496-4422. A restored post and beam dairy barn built in 1891. Now used for weddings, contra dances and theater productions.
- Taylor Farm, Londonderry, 824-5690. See an old barn that is part of a working dairy farm cheese-making facility.
- The Barn Restaurant and Tavern, Pawlet, 325-3088. The Barn serves dinner in a turn-of-the-century barn featuring two floor-to-ceiling fireplaces.
- West Monitor Barn, Richmond, 434-3696. The Richmond Land Trust recently restored this massive1903 barn, which is now home to the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps headquarters, and is an event rental facility.
