New Jersey

Shire-Cooley Barn (Holland Township Barn Survey #28), 71 Church Road, Holland Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (40.596472, -75.129781)

Primary Barn Felling Dates: Summer 1835 Winter 1836/7 Spring 1838 Summer 1838

Inserted Swing Beam Felling Dates: Undated

Site Master 1748-1837 (oak) SRNJx1 (t = 8.76 HOLL2016; 7.50 PHNJx1; 7.30 eapenn). Site Master 1697-1836 (pine) SRNJx2 (t = 10.51 PA011; 8.81 wws4; 8.63 BYMDx5).

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP BARN SURVEY No. 28 – John Lippincott Cooley/ Anderson family/ Charles Albert Shire Barn Standard Pennsylvania forebay with a Germanic frame retrofitted with a swing beam. Hewn oak major components include purlin posts and purlins, hewn oak nailers, and sawn oak braces. Dendrochronological analysis has shown that the building was constructed from timbers felled in the summer of 1835, winter of 1836/7, spring of 1838, and the summer of 1838.

Worthington, M J and Seiter, J I 2019 “The Tree-Ring Dating of the Shire-Cooley Barn (Holland Township Barn Survey #28), 71 Church Road, Holland Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey" unpublished Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory archive report 2019/12

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