'Bring the past forward and preserve it': historic Allen County barn being raised once again

DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WANE) -- The beams are going up, giving new life to a barn from yesteryear.The Mackel Barn, raised 160 years ago on Chapman Road in the northwest corner of Allen County, was too much of a treasure to destroy.The 160-year-old barn risesThe barn's side beamsConstruction siteMatching a notched postSo the DeKalb County Horsemen’s Association decided the barn fit with its overall mission of making history relevant with its focus on draft animals, and told ACRES Land Trust t