Self-guided Tour- Mc Kinney Building

Empire City Farms

Aka “Mc Kinney Stables” or “Block Barn”

Part 1: William Simpson and the Construction of the Barn:

Part 2: Completion and legacy of the “Block Barn”:

  • Simpson’s prized trotter: McKinney
  • Ad for a concrete block machine
  • Making the forms to pour concrete on the roof
  • Pouring concrete on the roof
  • Barn under construction
  • Construction
  • Construction
  • Construction Completed
  • Postcard
  • Block Barn Haymow
  • Postcard
  • areal View
  • Recent Areal View
  • Garlic Festival
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