Now, turn to your left. With the Rock House on your right side you will notice a barn up and to the left.
This barn is a nineteenth-century tobacco barn that was moved here from the Caldwell Farm in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. We know the barn is a tobacco barn because of the large gaps in between the logs that make up the structure. This would have allowed air to flow through the building and dry out the tobacco leaves hanging inside.
Though it is not an eighteenth-century barn, it is located approximately where an outbuilding or barn did exist in the eighteenth century when Hezekiah and the Alexander Family lived here. We know this from multiple archaeological surveys that have confirmed there was an outbuilding in this area.
Now, complete your tour by walking down the hill back toward the museum building. You will cross over the creek, by the Backcountry Patriot statue, and the Museum building will be in view.
