BERLIN — A $50,000 grant award announced by the Land and Community Heritage Investment Program on Thursday, Nov. 19, will allow the Berlin & Coos County Historical Society to restore the massive Maynesboro Stud Barn, one of two Brown Company barns at 137 East Milan Road.
The nine-bent, eight-bay post-and-beam barn is 126 feet long, 50 feet wide and 52 feet tall.
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