Hand hewn timbers still bear the ax marks left by workers in the 1800s. In some cases, the giant timbers - carved from even bigger trees - once held up hay mows in pastoral settings or warehouse ...

Hand-hewer Stephen Smith, pictured here with his broad ax, recently spoke at an event put on by the Cumberland Historical Society. Eloise Goldsmith / The Forecaster Six years ago, Stephen Smith of ...

Hand-hewn timbers fetch the best price. Hern said in many cases, however, a rancher wants to sell a barn that has rotted too much. "I'll say, 'here's a book of matches. You've let it go too far,' " he ...

BRANFORD — One wonders what 19th century entrepreneur Alden M. Young, founder of Branford Electric, would think about the goings-on at his “handsome” barn and shed, once part of his gentleman’s farm ...