Thanks for the photos, Rube. The McHaffie Homestead and the school house in it's old location (where the furniture factory is today) were both closed off with a barrier in the old days. They set the buildings up like Birdle's is now, and then put up the barrier to keep people from damaging things. I was glad to see how they freshened up McHaffie & school house, and make them "working" buildings for educational and entertainment purposes. I walked through Birdle's when it was still placed on the asphalt in front of McHaffie's, and before the logs were chinked. I could tell people walking through the display had yanked and pulled on things, sat on the furniture, and so on. It does not suprise me the barrier is up in there now, and it is too bad they have to have one up. However, it is a "museum" building in a theme park, where folks sometimes get a bit rowdy, so I understand it. If the barriers would not have been up in the other buildings in years past, I'd hate to see what kind of condition they would have been left in.