Posted: 2:18 AM - Jan 14, 2010
From The Wilmington News Journal dated Wednesday 13 January 2010.
EDITOR'S NOTE Quilt Trail is a series of articles featuring painted wood barn quilts that are being placed on barns throughout Clinton County in conjunction with the 2010 county bicentennial celebration.
A variety of quilt block designs will connect the entire county into one large patchwork quilt block.
The 23rd barn along the Clinton County Barn Quilt Trail is located in the northwest corner of the county in Chester Township at 5052 New Burlington Road where Gurneyville Road ends.
The barn is currently owned by Roger and Priscilla Vaughan. The quilt block, "North Star Variation," is appropriate for its location in the northern edge of the county.
The barn was built on a stone foundation with mortise and pin construction in the late 1890s by Priscilla's great-great-uncle, Walter Lackey. Several years later he jacked up the barn and added the lower level to create the bank barn effect that it has to this day. The barn has always been an intricate part of the working farm. It has been used to store grain, hay and straw. It has housed farm equipment and livestock, held ballgames and assorted other events over the years. Currently the barn is used primarily by the Vaughan's son Bryan and grandchildren, Alex and Cameron for raising Holstein dairy replacement heifers and 4-H livestock and poultry projects.
Maintaining the barn has always been priority for the family. In the 1980s Priscilla's father, Wilbur McKay owner of the farm at the time, hired a restoration firm from New
York to repair and restore the foundation and structure of the barn. More recently the barn has had the roof, siding and electricity updated to help ensure its preservation.
The Vaughan's quilt block was graciously sponsored by Larry and Mary Ann Roddy.
For information concerning the barn quilt project contact Diane Murphy at 382-0316 or The Cotton Junky Quilt Shop at 366-6302.
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| This "North Star Variation" barn quilt is located on New Burlingrton Road. |
A variety of quilt block designs will connect the entire county into one large patchwork quilt block.
The 23rd barn along the Clinton County Barn Quilt Trail is located in the northwest corner of the county in Chester Township at 5052 New Burlington Road where Gurneyville Road ends.
The barn is currently owned by Roger and Priscilla Vaughan. The quilt block, "North Star Variation," is appropriate for its location in the northern edge of the county.
The barn was built on a stone foundation with mortise and pin construction in the late 1890s by Priscilla's great-great-uncle, Walter Lackey. Several years later he jacked up the barn and added the lower level to create the bank barn effect that it has to this day. The barn has always been an intricate part of the working farm. It has been used to store grain, hay and straw. It has housed farm equipment and livestock, held ballgames and assorted other events over the years. Currently the barn is used primarily by the Vaughan's son Bryan and grandchildren, Alex and Cameron for raising Holstein dairy replacement heifers and 4-H livestock and poultry projects.
Maintaining the barn has always been priority for the family. In the 1980s Priscilla's father, Wilbur McKay owner of the farm at the time, hired a restoration firm from New
York to repair and restore the foundation and structure of the barn. More recently the barn has had the roof, siding and electricity updated to help ensure its preservation.
The Vaughan's quilt block was graciously sponsored by Larry and Mary Ann Roddy.
For information concerning the barn quilt project contact Diane Murphy at 382-0316 or The Cotton Junky Quilt Shop at 366-6302.