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29-55 Johnston Barn

Side A: With the intention of becoming a “gentleman farmer,” John Johnston began development of his Upper Piqua farm in 1808 with a two-story log cabin and this double pen log barn. The surrounding outer sheds were built to protect the log pens from the weather. One of the oldest structures of its kind in Ohio, the barn is built around two hand-hewn log pens, each sixty-foot square. The barn served the family’s farming activities and was a storage facility for trade goods Johnston needed when the farm was the Piqua Indian Agency, 1811-1829.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: Piqua Historical Area Friends Council and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 9845 Hardin Rd, 
Piqua, 
OH, 
45356
Location: In front of the barn at the Johnston Farm and Indian Agency historical site
Latitude: 40.1787860
Longitude: -84.2580490