Above the welcome desk is an ariel view of the James and Macie King Farm taken in the early 1960s. The MOOseum is in the long barn on the left of the picture. Nearby towards the right is a bank barn where another 50 cows were milked twice a day. To the right of the picture with the trees around it, is the King home. The large tree in the backyard still survives – it is at the end of the Tot Lot that now occupies the space that was once the King’s backyard. In the background between the bank barn and the King home, are several other buildings that included homes of farmers and their families who were hired to work on this farm, and a blacksmith shop. Between the long barn and the bank barn is the bull pen. Behind the long barn is a corn crib that was moved to Poplar Springs Animal Sanctuary in Poolesville in the late 1990s as Parks was taking down buildings.
As Montgomery Parks prepared to convert the dairy farm into South Germantown Recreation Park, they worked collaboratively with community groups to save this 1930s long barn. The barn is owned by Montgomery Parks but all the exhibits found inside belong to the non-profit King Barn Dairy MOOseum whose mission is to interpret and keep alive the rich history of dairy farms, families, related organizations and businesses of Montgomery County for current and future residents.