Sunnyfield Barn NRHP
Io LandArch completed the successful nomination of Sunnyfield Barn in Ogden Valley for the National Register of Historic Places. Completed in 1927, the barn is typical of Improvement Era dairy barns in Utah, has had relatively few alterations and remains in its original location.
Major design elements of its original function have been retained such as the hay loft doors, Jackson fork and pulley system, cross-ventilation openings, the feed bin with its chute (including a feed cart which was filled by the chute and used to distribute it), feeding troughs, milking aisles and stanchions, gambrel roof, multiple windows for required amount of daylight for cows and concrete floor with waste gutters for efficient cleaning.
Sunnyfield Barn sets the historical agricultural tone of the valley and serves as a landmark of Eden. The gambrel roof is the most notable design element that represents the time period in which it was built. Because so much remains unchanged, there is still clear evidence of how Sunnyfield Barn was originally used – from the way the cows were brought in to be milked and how they were fed and cleaned up after to the methods used for filling the hay loft.