![]() ![]() ![]() But they were building large and substantial barns. In Loudoun, critics such as Yardley Taylor noted that the Germans were living far below their means, writing that “Many old log houses that are barely tolerable are in use by persons abundantly able to build better ones.” This was in 1853, when the Germans here were already at least third generation. ![]() The same thing was true here, in the German Settlement. That may be an exaggeration, but their barns had no parallel. In reviewing the research in Lori Kimball’s article on the Ruse-Seitz barn, and comparing the barn to the Ruse log house (built around 1876) which we covered in our January and February issues, we were reminded of what was often said about the Pennsylvania Germans: that their barns were built bigger and better than their homes – and some would say, mockingly, that they took better care of their animals than of their families. ![]()
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