Rural Heritage June/July 2025

Timber Frame Barn

by Joe Mischka Y ears ago, Dr. Scott Hancock, DVM, of Sautee Nacoochee, Ga., put up a barn on his farm using Amish craftsmen to fell and saw the timbers, assemble the framing and raise the barn in a few days. After moving a few miles to another property nearby, Scott decided to do it again. So in February, 2025, timbers began arriving on pallets and Amish men and their families soon followed. With the help of scores of non-Amish volunteers, known as English, the Amish crew had a barn built on the new farm in no time. “The same Amish folks that were there are here today,” Scott said.“We’d been chatting and they said, ‘Doc, we've got another barn left in us. We want to come build you a barn.’ So obviously, it was, an unbelievable opportunity. “They rode a train for two days to get here. And we picked them up and brought them over here to stay

Scott Hancock

near our property. And I said, ‘You guys rest up and maybe in the afternoon we can kind of walk around a little bit and see what we need to get done.’

Scott Hancock liked this, his first barn, so much he decided to put up one just like it on his new property.

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