“They think this is the oldest Amish-built barn in Daviess County,” said Ephraim Graber, 23, looking at a barn on the property of Amos Wittmer just north of Montgomery.

The barn, which locals believe was built in either 1870 or 1871, has been in the Wittmer family since it’s construction.

That is until recently when Graber bought it. He bought the barn with the purpose of deconstructing it, saving as much of it as he could, including the pegs that held each piece of lumber together.

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