1. Hazelhurst is a three-story, irregular plan, Queen Anne style balloon frame dwelling. 2. The equipment shed was built using modern balloon framing methods. 3. One of the significant construction improvements that typifies round barns is the use of balloon framing . 4. The two story balloon frame building is the best preserved building of its kind in Ten Sleep. 5. Historically, balloon framing was used until the 1950s when fire safety concerns made platform framing inherently better. 6. It has been said that balloon framing populated the western United States and the western provinces of Canada. 7. The porch not only incorporates the open balloon framed building's basement contains restrooms, storage and a furnace room. 8. Even then, the c . 1940 dairy barn was hand-built by Leo Lafreniere, albeit using modern balloon frame construction. 9. The roof trusses are then composed of balloon frame stick lumber pieces that radiate upwards toward the barn's center. 10. The rest of the main level space is open and the balloon framing of the walls and the roof.
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