Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
After inquiring about an old barn that was to be taken down in our area, we asked our friends as to whether they could recommend someone who knows a thing or two about old barns. Two of our friends had recommended Rick Lazarus, who is a well-known barn historian and restorationist in the area. For over 40 years, he has been renovating, restoring, and moving old barns in the Finger Lakes region; and he was kind enough to take us through the construction and stories of this bank barn likely built in 1882—and the first barn he had ever restored.
After inquiring about an old barn that was to be taken down in our area, we asked our friends as to whether they could recommend someone who knows a thing or two about old barns. Two of our friends had recommended Rick Lazarus, who is a well-known barn historian and restorationist in the area. For over 40 years, he has been renovating, restoring, and moving old barns in the Finger Lakes region; and he was kind enough to take us through the construction and stories of this bank barn likely built in 1882—and the first barn he had ever restored.
