Today's featured weathervane was photographed at Winterthur, in Delaware. This museum, garden, and library is home to a large collection of early American decorative arts. It was also the estate of Henry Francis du Pont (1880 - 1969), a gilded age millionaire. The original estate was used for farming, and this cow barn is part of that legacy. This dairy barn was built between 1915 and 1917, and there were many other barns on the property. H. F. du Pont raised a herd of 450 award winning Holstein cows here until his death in 1969, when per his instructions, the herd was sold at auction.
There are three identical weathervanes above this huge dairy barn. They are all scrollwork arrows, and the one on the far right appears to be a bit bent. You can see these weathervanes from the tram tour of the estate grounds, but to really appreciate them you will have to hike up the big hill to the barn.
For the truly curious:
The Winterthur website: https://www.winterthur.org/
The Winterthur Dairy Barn video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUHhPa4NUZo
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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "A Fancy Cow Barn for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted November 13, 2024, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-fancy-cow-barn-for-weathervane.html: accessed [access date]).
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