Hilltown, Franconia barns from the 1850s being dismantled, rebuilt as one at Mennonite Heritage Center in Harleysville As Mike Hart went through the lumber from one of two local barns that are being dismantled, then reassembled as one, he noticed a piece was from an American Chestnut tree. "That's an extinct piece of wood there," Hart, of Hartland Demolition & Restoration, said. "It wouldn't surprise me if there's more." American Chestnut logs are only occasionally found in old buildings in Bucks County and ...
June 19, 2013 - The Reporter
Barns in Hilltown, Franconia being torn down to be rebuilt HILLTOWN, Pa. (AP) — As Mike Hart went through the lumber from one of two local barns that are being dismantled, then reassembled as one, he noticed a piece was from an American Chestnut tree.
June 19, 2013 - The Intelligencer