b. Hay Barn (OV-15.20) 



The hay barn was reportedly built by Joseph Bloom in the 1880s. After 

 this time the cows were milked in this barn, which once had stanchions for 

 approximately 75 cows; some of the old wood stanchions remain. The barn was 

 enlarged some time before the 1920s with an addition on the west end. About 

 1926 a wooden floor was installed in the center aisle of the barn, but this was 

 removed by the Truttmans in the late 1940s. At that time the Truttmans 

 installed the large sliding door on the east end and removed half of the original 

 stanchions. Cables and rods were installed, and some framing removed, to 

 stabilize the barn in the 1950s. 



The hay barn, measuring 56 by 146 feet, is in poor condition, with 

 vertical supports leaning outward, a collapsing wall, leaking roof and extensive 

 damage by powder post beetles. It is no longer in use, and has good historic 

 integrity. 



c. Dairy Barn (OV-15.05) 



This Grade A sanitary barn was built in 1935 by Novato contractors, the 

 Renati Brothers. In its original state 100 cows could be milked at one time; it 

 was remodeled in the mid-1960s by the Truttmans, a move which decreased the 

 numbers of cows being milked at one time but improved efficiency. During the 

 remodeling the original wood stanchions were removed and the layout changed 

 to include three holding pens and a smaller row of metal stanchions with 

 automatic feeders and a stainless steel carrying pipe, which eliminated the need 

 to hand-haul cans of milk to the tank in an adjacent room. Vertical ceiling 

 supports were removed and replaced with laminated horizontal beams. 



The north end of the dairy building is a four-room complex which 

 contains the tank room, cooler room, wash room and utility room. A breezeway 

 with concrete stairs separates the complex from the dairy; this was where the 

 milk was hauled by hand before the remodeling. The heavy door to the cooler 

 room has been removed. 



The dairy, measuring 63 by 94 feet and constructed of reinforced 

 concrete, wood and metal, is in fair condition, and has good historic integrity. 



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