Barns. Old wooden barns. If they could speak, they could tell some stories. These are quickly becoming extinct. There is a movement to help preserve these 100 plus year old works of art. In their prime these barns were thought of as part of the workings of the farm. A necessity for daily housing of farm animals. Built by hand by the coming together of neighbors, friends and town folk. 
Now days it's hard to come by these old wooden barns. We are lucky, we have a few scattered throughout the wheat fields and small towns. Some in better condition then others. Some still being used, some sitting lonely and forgotten. I love these old relics of the past. Of course I love antiques and living with them. So one of these old barns is the ultimate antique. 
The picture below isn't a barn, I know. But it is our First Christian Church here in our small town and it's all wood. Over 100 years old and built in the same fashion as the barns. It has the original seating and wood floors and all of the stained glass windows are original except one. Pretty amazing. They just don't build things like they used to.
Love, love your pictures! I have a love affair with old barns especially if they have worn red paint. Now if only my dream on having one!!! Enjoy your day!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to be able to be owner to one of these big old barnes. I have to settle for taking photos though.
DeleteOh how I adore old barns. There's one near where I work that's looking so sad and I just wish someone would give it a little attention and elbow grease. :) The church is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYes the church is gorgeous. You should see the inside. I can't remember the group of folks that our local paper did a story on. I just remember the story. This group of people scours the country side looking for 100 year old wooden barns and helps the owners restore them. You may look around and see if you have a group like that in your area that may interested in that old barn by where you work. It's a shame to see them fall.
DeleteYou are so correct!
ReplyDeleteThings really are not made the same these days; made to last.
I too love old barn, old houses, and old churches.... and they are disappearing at an alarming rate.
Last year, our local community helped to catalog old barns in town, and around the state.
Preserving them is pretty important, and in town, we have a fund to help with preservation work.
We saved our old barn too.
It was a lot of work, and costly.
But, so worth it!
This old homestead just wouldn't be the same without that old barn :)
No your place wouldn't be itself with out your old barn. Imagine how much it would cost to build a barn like these old giants today. The material, the craftmanship, the time. Lots of money these days to build something like these old beauties.
DeleteWell you know I love the old barns : ) We have so many here. Most are well preserved and still used, but some are just waiting for the next windstorm.
ReplyDeleteYes the wind seems to be their demise doesn't it? We lost a few in the last big wind we had. It is always sad to see them fall.
DeleteI need to get out and photograph some of the barns around here. A few years ago an artist was hired to go around and paint one barn in each county with a special State of Ohio logo. I've wanted to take a photo of each barn, but so far I haven't taken one of the one in this county yet.
ReplyDeleteYou should get out there. I have already seen one of the buildings fall that I kept saying I was going to photograph and now it's too late.
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