If barns could talk...
As many already know, Maryland has a rich agricultural history spanning all the way back to this country’s founding colonies. And with agriculture, comes barns. Tobacco barns, cattle barns, chicken barns, horse barns… barns to store tractors and tools, carriages and other equipment. And yet, as new technologies and innovations change the way modern agriculture is run, the barn remains. T ere are very few places in this state where some sort of barn cannot be found. Historic structures litter the countryside and can even be found in some city parks. New barns are being built every day and others are being renovated to suit new needs. Over the past several years, T e Equiery has brought its readers stories of these barns. T ese stories have ranged from new ways to use an old barn,
historic barns being salvaged and reconstructed in new locations, and new facilities being built around an owner’s individual vision. And although these stories often sound familiar, as though we have heard them a hundred times before, they never seem to get old. If Maryland barns could talk… just think about the stories they could tell! Here are just a few more stories to add to Maryland’s agricultural history. If you have a barn story you would like to share, please email editor@
equiery.com.
Residence, Vet Clinic & Boarding Facility All In One Fresh Meadows in Calvert Coun-
ty is home to Linda C. Molesworth, VMD and Bay Equine Service, Inc. Originally from New England, Dr. Molesworth never thought about building anything else but an all- in-one facility. “Convenient, no commute, small and less area to clean,” she said. She bought the 47-acre farm in 1999 and at the time it had been farmed but had no building on it. What she built was a facility that serves as her home, offi ce, an equine veterinary clinic and a boarding facility. T e 10,000-square-foot barn was built in 2000 and houses 16 stalls, including two foaling stalls. T ere is also a pharmacy, offi ce, bathroom, utility room, laundry room and loft. T e attached 24×36-foot apartment has a great room, dining area, kitchen, master bedroom and full bath. And the facility has 92 solar panels on its roof, saving the farm considerable amounts of money in energy costs. And the best part of all… “It is a metal barn with great rain sounds on the metal roof,” Dr. Molesworth added.
Pictured above is an exterior shot of the whole barn facility complete with solar panels on the roof. T e photo on the right shows the veternary clinic offi ce.
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