In the early days, all farms had outbuildings of one kind or another. There was the smokehouse, corn crib, chicken coop, barn, storage shed, etc. The building in the photo is an example of a corn crib. Although corn was kept in the building, other items that may also be found there included, potatoes (sweet and Irish), tools, spare parts to whoknowswhat, pieces of wire, cans of nails, partial bags of cotton, empty baskets,and anything thing else that people didn't want to part with. After a big corn crop, the corn crib was a popular place for people looking for corn to feed livestock; weevils looking for a meal; mice and rats looking for food and shelter; snakes looking for mice and rats; and other unwanted critters. Yep.....it was a busy place.
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