Saving Barns & Old Ways
Over the past 30 years, Richard Babcock has
restored more than 75 barns, either on site or
by moving them to his workshop in Hancock,
Massachusetts, near the New York border. Most
of the antique barns have been converted to
homes or museums-and, in one case, a
performing-arts center.
When this barn is done, however, it will be a
barn once again. Located in Dedham,
Massachusetts, the building is owned by the
Animal Rescue League of Boston. After it has
been completed, it will shelter rescued horses,
sheep, pigs, cats, dogs, and other fourlegged
creatures as it has since the League
purchased the barn in 1907.
Babcock found the English-framed building
in