McCauley's son Fred inherited the ranch after James' death in an wagon accident in 1911.

The "Mormon Pole Barn" style dates to the 1850s in the Genesee Valley.

[2] George Meyer operated a homestead established by his brother Henry in the 1870s in Big Meadow.

The barn is sheathed in vertical wood siding with a steeply-pitched metal roof.

1 in Big Meadow, is similar in character to the McCauley Barn, measuring about 50 feet (15 m) square, with a hipped roof.

The exterior wall is a frame structure covered in vertical board sheathing.