Recently, movie directors have used Shank’s Barn as a resource for movie props.
They buy some items and rent others, such as the barn cupolas in the background.
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LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
OXFORD (Chester Co.)
Rodney Shank always liked old
stuff. When he’d find an unique
piece, he'd buy it. Soon he had so
much stuff, he needed to get rid
of some of it.
That’s when he found out that
a lot of other people liked old
stuff such as horse stalls, barn
vents, transom, doors, windows,
and hand-forged hardware.
Thousands of items can be
found in the barns, outbuildings,
and acreage of Shank’s seven
acre farm.
Some items are re
cycled, such as this win
dow frame turned into a
display cupboard.
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The amazing thing is that
Shank has a story attached to al
most every item.
“1 got that 1910 tin cupola off
a barn in Chambersburg,” he’d
say. Or, “That barn vent came
from Biglerville where that (vent)
style is unique to the area.”
Shank’s wife Barbara oversees
the top floor of the barn dedi
cated to finer antiques and furni
ture.
“I love having all this stuff
around me,” Barbara said.
Sometimes she laments at
parting with some prized pieces,
but knows she can’t keep it all.
Even old seed packets
can be found at Shank’s.
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"This is more than inventory,”
she said of her personal attach
ment to things sivalues.
“This business is • like being a
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Barbara Shank said, “This business is like being a drug addict. One day you get a fix,
and then it goes a month before you get another one.”
Rodney Shank stands by a display of old wooden rock
ing chairs, many with original cane seats.
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This cow is about four-feet in length and extremely
heavy, but missing its ears.