I climbed up in the hayloft of the horse barn and took some photos. It’s actually much older than the 1901 date that someone painted on the outside. The barn is held together with wooden pegs, not nails, and huge pieces of hardwood.
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3rd picture down, in between the posts on the horizontal beam, there is a butt splice..what method of joinery is holding that splice together? I love to see old barns that have had a roof kept on them.
I assume it is tongue and groove.