A dime novel hidden in the corncrib? The property includes, in addition to the main house, a barn, corncrib, and caretaker's residence. Outbuildings include a smokehouse, syrup shed, chicken coop, corncrib, and hog pen. The property also includes poultry sheds, a hog house, a corncrib and a privy. The property of the Cushing Homestead includes a barn, corncrib and a forge. Also on the property is an 18th-century corncrib, described in the 1798 tax records. The five prisoners were secured in a corncrib to await execution. Evidence also indicates that a corncrib may have been built prior to 1879. The current corncrib was built in 1941, designed and built by Carl Chellberg. Also on the property is a contributing carriage barn and corncrib.