Come join the fun at the 7th Annual Heisen Barn Bash on Saturday, June 25, 2016 from noon to 9 pm. This event will celebrate the ongoing restoration work on the historic Heisen Barn and the continuing barn (fund)raising efforts to preserve and protect this historic building at Heisen House Vineyards.
The fun family centered farm style celebration will feature historic displays, tours of the historic homestead, food, music, games, local products and goods for sale from area crafters, artists, and farmers, and more! They will also have music every hour on the hour followed by a headliner concert from 6 to 9 pm.
Admission is free, with a suggested donation of $5 per adult and $3 per child between the ages of 5-18. Donations will go toward the continuing barn preservation effort. Rain or shine. All ages welcome.
The barn is listed on the state and national historic registers as well as the Washington State Historic Barn Registry. Likely built sometime between 1866 when Alexander and Mary Heisen pioneer homesteaded the site and 1890, the barn was built almost entirely by hand with little more than an axe and an ox. The hand hewn chop marks are still clearly visible, and the barn built in the traditional hand hewn timber frame, mortice and tenon, peg and dowel German-style, the barn sits on a foundation of boulders (still plumb 150-some years later!) and is one of the oldest barns still standing in Clark County.
Heisen House Vineyards is located at 28005 NE 172ndth Avenue, in Battle Ground. For more information, visit Heisen House Vineyards online.