"The Hoff Barn"
(c) Kevin Dayhoff May 6, 2006
Hoff Memorial Barn ceremonial groundbreaking on October 8, 2006
Posted September 13th, 2006 by
Invitations have recently been mailed for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the “Marlin K. Hoff Memorial Log Barn.”
On Sunday, October 8 at 2 p.m., during the annual “Fall Harvest Days” at the Carroll County Farm Museum, our agricultural history and our modern-day celebration of that history will come together for a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for an important addition to the museum, the “Marlin K. Hoff Memorial Log Barn.”
According to the Carroll County Farm Museum web site: “Fall Harvest Days, the Farm Museum's oldest and second largest event, is held each October to celebrate the arrival of autumn. A fun day for the whole family, the two-day event features traditional autumn happenings which include apple butter making, scarecrow making workshops, threshing and shelling demonstrations, tractor and mule-pulled wagon rides, and much more.”
For more information on Fall Harvest Days, click here.
I have two pieces on the importance of this exciting project. One on KDDC and one in my regular column with the Westminster Eagle: “Hoff Log Barn is on the move to a future role recalling Carroll County's history.”
In the earlier KDDC piece on May 6th, 2006, titled “Historic Hoff Barn Relocation and Restoration Solicitors Breakfast,” I tried to make as many folks as possible aware of this significant addition to the
“Bright and early Saturday morning, Caroline and I attended a fund raising “Solicitor’s Breakfast” for an important project to relocate and restore an historic circa 1795 old German log bank barn. Perhaps one of only two or three left in the country, the barn is to be relocated to the Carroll County Farm Museum, in
“The Hoff Barn Project” is a 501(c)(3) corporation and all contributions are tax deductible. Contributions can be mailed to “The Hoff Barn Project,”
One of the better articles about the project was written by Mary Gail Hare, a staff writer for the
You can see Ms. Hare’s article in my May 6th, 2006 KDDC post here.
In my regular column with the Westminster Eagle: “Hoff Log Barn is on the move to a future role recalling Carroll County's history,” I introduced the August 30th, 2006 story of the Hoff Barn:
By 1798, the area of western
It also had 218 log barns.
One of those log barns was probably what we now know as the "Hoff Log Barn," built between 1785 and 1795 in nearby New
The
Fast forward more than 200 years, and there are very few log barns left in
The present location of the Hoff barn is a farm that has been owned by the Hoff family since 1869.
For the past 40 years, Kathy and the late Marlin K. Hoff have operated one of the largest and most prestigious dairy operations in Maryland on this property.
Before Mr. Hoff passed away Nov. 28, 2004, he had gotten the idea from talking with fellow farmer and community leader, Melvin Baile Sr., that the barn needed to be donated and saved for future generations to appreciate.
What better place to showcase the barn, than re-locating the log structure to the
Read the rest of my column here.
Even if you have never set foot on a farm in your life, the enjoyment of our
For more information, contact Bob Jones at 410-848-7687 or Melvin Baile Sr. at 410-848-9589. Checks can mailed to: “Marlin K. Hoff Memorial Log Barn,”
Meanwhile, I’ll look forward to seeing you at the
Hoff Barn - Marlin K. Hoff Memorial Log Barn in Carroll Co. MD,
