Visiting the
Barn Museum
Built by members of the Society in 2005 and then expanded in 2017, the Barn Museum houses artifacts reflecting Elma’s agricultural and business history. Elma was and still is a farming community, and the Barn Museum honors that agricultural history with its mix of artifacts.
Here’s a small sample of what the Barn Museum offers:
- A rare Elma-made carriage from the Jerge Blacksmith Shop
- Poultry-raising equipment (such as a rare wooden incubator) made by Buffalo-base Cyphers Incubator Company (which had a 50-acre Research Farm on Bowen Road in Elma Center)
- Old Post Office equipment
- A Wiard one-horse plow made in Batavia
- Unique hand tools of every sort
- An 1880-era Fire Bell from Springbrook Fire Department
- A high-wheeled bicycle
- Haying machinery & tools
- And so much more
Inside The Barn Museum: a wooden incubator heated with kerosene built by the Cyphers Incubator Company of Buffalo, NY.
Inside The Barn Museum: horse-drawn carriage built in the Jerge Blacksmith Shop on Bowen Road in Elma. This was the type of vehicle which took the family to church on Sunday.
The Barn Museum Extension Construction Project
Built by members of the Society, the Barn Museum was completed in 2005. In 2017 a construction project was started to double its size for the sake of storing and displaying more artifacts and farm implements.
