Barns of the Dungeness Valley

Here are barn pictures without information, and barn information without pictures. Can you help fill in the missing pieces? Your help will be greatly appreciated by all barn lovers everywhere.

Orphan Pictures

These barn pictures have not been identified. Click on the image for larger picture(s). If you recognize the barn please let us know where the barn is (or was) located.

Lost Mountain?	Palo Alto, probably near the south end of Youngquist	Somewhere on Hooker?
Agnew?	On or near Parrish.	Somewhere on Old Olympic, seen from Towne?
From Sequim-Dungeness at Port Williams?	Location unknown

Invisible Barns

These are barns that are known to have existed, but there are no pictures of them in this collection. If you have a photo you would be willing to share, or know anything more about these barns, let us know.

Barn Number 32: Evergreen Farm Main Barn This barn used to be on the west side of Fifth Avenue, south of Old Olympic Highway. It was a large barn with three cupolas next to the existing carriage house. It was built around 1911 and razed in the mid '70s. See Barn 15 for more information.

Barn Number 75: Champion Homestead A nice barn still standing on the north side of Quail Run, east of O'Brien. It was the original homestead of the Edwin Champion family, on land purchased around 1900. The farm later passed to his daughter Lenora Hope. I don't know if this is the original barn (it's still in good condition), or a later build. The house on the property dates to 1932.

Barn Number 152: Lost Mountain Ranch Lost Mountain Ranch is an equestrian and event center at the southwest end of Lost Mountain Road.

Barn Number 185: White/Helseth Barn This is a large barn with a metal rooff on the west side of Hooker, north of Olson Road.

Barn Number 246: Gierin Water Tower This is a fairly well-known water tower on the north side of Port Williams Road, east of Brown. The thinking on this structure is that the tower exists because a farm once existed here; and where there was a farm, there should have been a barn.

Barn Number 248: The Clawson Barn at the Granary Sequim's landmark grain elevator, the tallest building in the area, was built in 1945 to accomodate grain production and operated until 1977. It was part of the Clallam Co-Op, and still bears a faint sign to that effect. The property was originally the site of the Clawson Barn (now gone). A drawing by artist Susan Short clearly shows the elevator behind the barn, and records of 1942 give L. B. Clawson as the land owner.

Barn Number 281: Matriotti Barn The first Matriotti here was Louis Matriotti, from Italy. He had a dairy farm and home at the dogleg of Old Olympic Highway, between Carlsborg Road and McLeay. For a while (starting around 1940) there was a small grocery and gas station on the property, which old- timers still call "Matriotti's Corner". The barn was near the trees in the northwest quadrant of the land.

Barn Number 303: Cays/Lamoreaux Barn This is a large converted dairy barn on Woodcock just east of Wheeler. It was built in 1951 by Levi Cays. The Lamoreaux family bought it in 1980 as a house. It is now a Bed and Breakfast known as Rancho Lamro.

Barn Number 304: Soren Pedersen Barn This old barn was located somewhere on the property that is now the Skyridge Golf Course, Old Olympic at Cays Road. Built by the Heath brothers in 1910, bought by the Pedersons in 1950. Destroyed in 1996.

Barn Number 306: Louis Sofie Barn The barn was somewhere on Palo Alto, near Sofie Road. It was built in the late 1800s and blew down around 1990. The last owner (while it stood) was Louis Sofie.

Barn Number 312: Neuharth Winery This was an old dairy barn built in 1933 by Frank Blair. In 1979 it was bought by Gene and Maria Neuharth, and housed the original Neuharth/Olympic Cellars winery until it was razed in 1997 for the bypass.

Barn Number 314: Parkhurst Barn The Parkhurst family owned property along Blue Mountain road, including these old cabins. Harriet Fish published a photograph of the Parkhurst barn, but it doesn't match any building near there now.

Barn Number 315: Burton/Forrest Barn This barn was on the west side of Carlsborg, north of Spath (adjacent to the rail line). Originally it serviced the Bob Burton dairy, then came to Marjorie Forrest (possibly around 1949, when the house was built). Destroyed in the storms of 1996.

Barn Number 317: Edgington Barn The barn was built by the Edgington family between 1905 and 1930, on the west side of 5th just north of St. Lukes. There was a little milk house next to it.

Barn Number 318: Laughing Barn Harriet Fish and others have published photographs of this barn that used to be near the corner of Kitchen Dick and Lotzgesell Road, at Voice of America.

Barn Number 322: Bell Barn at Cedarbrook Lavendar Farm Currently the site of Cedarbrook Lavender Farm. The Bell House Gift Shop is in an historic 100 year old farmhouse built by John Bell, who came to Sequim in the late 1800's from Scotland. The barn that went with the house, built by a son of John Bell around 1915, has been recycled.

Barn Number 323: Correia Barn There is this little old barn behind the 7 Cedars Casino, built by Christina Correia. The land used to belong to Benjamin Franklin Dean. Dean Creek which is also in the area is named for him. The property then passed to Ben's son Orville. The Jamestown Klallam Tribe now holds title to the property.

Barn Number 324: Brazil Barn The old double-hip house appears abandoned. There is a half-barn to the east, and one or more smaller buildings to the south. This was the site of the George Brazil barn, built in the late 1920s and destroyed in 1996. There is a bunch of rubble among the clump of weeds and small trees to the west of the house, which is all that remains of the barn. Brazil never married and so willed his land to his neighbor, Morris Quinn.

Barn Number 328: Weed Barn This Agnew barn was built by Harry Holland Weed around 1926, to hold horses and other necessities. Destroyed in 1996.

Barn Number 329: Orum Medsker Barn The barn stood near an irrigation canal, south-east of Sunland. It was built in 1924, destroyed in 1996.

Barn Number 330: Tague Barn Built in the 1920s, gone by 1989. Home Depot now occupies the spot.

Barn Number 331: Woodcock Barn Built prior to 1915 next to the Woodcock family home, on the south side of Woodcock west of the river. Blown down in 1970.

Barn Number 332: Rosecity Guernsey Dairy Barn Originally part of the Max Schmuck farm (1917-1959). The barn was built in 1927, bought by the Griffiths in 1959 and torn down in 1974. It stood on the west side of Evans, at Griffith Farm Road.

Barn Number 333: Seamands Barn Originally part of the Carlsborg Mill and Timber Company, ca 1915, on the west side of Carlsborg at Spath. Then it was part of the Mallace (Malleis?) Dairy and finally owned by the Seamands family for farming. Razed in 1996.

Barn Number 337: Roberson Farm Barn There was a barn on the northwest corner of Towne Road and Woodcock. It was built around 1925 and burned down in late '70s.

Barn Number 338: Mills Barn A very large, sturdy barn sat at what is now the entrance to Parkwood Estates, on Highway 101 east of Carlsborg.

Barn Number 339: Kirk Barn There used to be a barn at the Pumpkin Patch, built by Mr. Kirk before Highway 101 existed. Owned by the Charles Spencer family until 1978 when it was sold to Philip Lassila. Blown down in 1995.

Barn Number 340: Hope Barn Located somewhere on Nelson Road in New Dungeness. Built around 1910, still with the Hopes in 1952, razed in 1989.

Barn Number 342: Hatchery Horse Barn A small utility shed and horse barn built around 1902, and used by Hatchery manager Ernie Brandon. Gone some time after 1983.

Barn Number 343: Harleman Brothers Sequim Dairy Built in early 1900s by Mr. Brown. The Jackson family owned it at one time. The Harleman brothers ran a dairy from there starting in 1928, The barn came down in a 1980 storm. Look to the east of the Haughawout place for a 2-story gray house; the driveway on the right would have led to the barn.

Barn Number 344: Feeder-Loafing Barn The original horse barn was built in 1913 by Peter Govan at the southwest corner of Old Olympic and 5th. The feeder sections were added in the '20s. It was part of the Evergreen Farm complex, and came down in 1994. The only picture we currently have is the cupola, which is resting across the street.

Barn Number 345: Clayton Barn The barn was built in the '30s and taken down for housing in '86. It was supposed to have been on Brown Road, but so far no one by that name has turned up as a property owner in that area.

Barn Number 346: Hayes Evans Barn at Glenn's Valley Built in 1890 at the east end of Lost Mountain by Dunham. It was home to Frank McFarland until it was bought by Hayes Evans in 1903. A bit later the Evans family moved to another farm north of Sequim. This one was for a small dairy, and was gone after 1976.

Barn Number 347: Christensen Barn Built prior to 1930 along Spath Road in Carlsborg, it came down some time between 1975 and '96. There are three Christensens (George, Tom and Soren) listed in Carlsborg in the 1929 county directory. In 1942 property along Spath belonged to Edith (north side) and Eli (south side) Christensen. Since the barn on the Eli parcel is still standing, my vote goes to Edith's place.

Barn Number 348: Chancellor-Emery Farmstead This Blue Mountain farmstead was started in 1889. The main barn razed in 1959, and that's the picture we'd really like to have. The remaining log buildings were placed on the Register of Historic Places in 1988.

Barn Number 350: Rhodefer Barn Located between Highway 101 and West Sequim Bay Road on the east side of Rhodefer Road. It was built by the Rhodefer family between 1912 and 1919. They had a few cows at first, then in 1946 these were sold and Willy Rhodefer brought in a whole bunch of sheep. Fell down in the 1970s.

Barn Number 352: Bucher Barn Built on Brown Road in 1909 by Mr. Nolan, and run as a dairy by the Bucher family from 1920. The barn came down in the '60s. Other farm buildings still stand on the property.

Barn Number 354: Boyce Ranch This barn was on Highway 101 near R Corner, east of Lewis. It was occupied by the Boyce family in the '30s and came down in the wind storm of 1979. A sketch of the barn looks a lot like the Moe Barn just down the street, but no record of Boyce ownership has been found for that barn.

Barn Number 355: Bell-Burroughs Barn Originally constructed on John Bell property by Andrew Hume in the mid 1850s. In 1911 it came into the hands of Dave Burrowes. Finally it was torn down in the late 1970s to make way for the Sequim Post Office.

Barn Number 366: Ridgeway Farm There was a Ben Ridgeway who owned property in Sequim in 1942, west of 5th between Fir and Hendrickson

Barn Number 369: Thornton Barn A big barn and milk house built in 1918, and gone by the end of the 1980s. It was located near Thornton Road in Old Town (west of Dungeness by the water).

Barn Number 409: Sporseen Farm Otto Sporseen and family homesteaded in the west end of Happy Valley in the early 1900's. Sporseen Road marks the location of the farm - there was a house and barn and several other small buildings. When Otto died in 1959 the farm was sold. His son Sol told stories of travelling to neighboring farms during a heavy snow and cabling the barns together to keep the snow load from collapsing them - one did fall, killing the land owner.

Do you know about a barn in the Sequim-Dungeness area? Act now to preserve that information for the future! Email me here, or write to Cathrine Bennett - Post Office Box 244 - Carlsborg, WA 98324

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