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Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the newest Featured Barn:

    Round-Bow Truss Barn, Barry County, MO       by Geo*Trailblazer1

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

Cool!  How often are you guys going to change them. Great feature for the category.

That is Way cool Thank you.

And a great idea to add.

I should have thought of that...I was wishin instead of fishin.

 

Thanks

We are hoping to update with a new 'featured barn' monthly.   We already have enough great WMs to keep the feature going for the next three years!   Thanks everyone for your support , and any suggestions for a new 'featured barn' can be directed to any of the officers at any time!

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

   Mail Pouch Chewing Tobacco Ad Barn - Imlay, MI       by Team Farkel 7

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

(Be sure and click on the link in the Waymark to read about Harley Warrick, the Mail Pouch Sign Painter)

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

   Cornelius Pass Octagonal Barn in Hillsboro, Oregon by Hikenutty

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

** Special thanks to all the Quilt Barn aficiondos that have contributed to this category in the past month

Didn't expect to see that there!  Thanks, Barnstormers.  I have a couple more historic barns to post as soon as I get around to posting the waymarks from my camping trip from the weekend before last.

One of these days I'll get back to Cornelius Pass and get some photos of the barn without my sister's wedding decor in the foreground. Yes - my sister was married in a roadhouse barn.   It was actually a very cool spot for a wedding.

Didn't expect to see that there!  Thanks, Barnstormers.  I have a couple more historic barns to post as soon as I get around to posting the waymarks from my camping trip from the weekend before last.

One of these days I'll get back to Cornelius Pass and get some photos of the barn without my sister's wedding decor in the foreground. Yes - my sister was married in a roadhouse barn.   It was actually a very cool spot for a wedding.

Great waymark.

I am wondering if anyone else is having trouble with the formating when viewing this category though?

Yes, I'm having trouble.  It seems to format up strange!  HUGE text.  Stuff not really centered right. Some of the other normal page features getting messed up.

FF 2.x.

That is what I am seeing as well. 

Same browser.

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

   "Nakashima Barn" in Washington State - by Harriet the Spy

Be sure to read the marvelous history behind the one of the first barns to be placed on the Washington State Heritage Barn Register.

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

   "Nakashima Barn" in Washington State - by Harriet the Spy

Be sure to read the marvelous history behind the one of the first barns to be placed on the Washington State Heritage Barn Register.

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

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Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

   Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets in Cottage Grove, Oregon - by TheBeanTeam

....... an Advertising Barn, with a catchy name and an interesting story behind it! 

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

   Miss Jackson's Barn, Borrans, Ambleside, Cumbria by Flipflopnick

....... Be sure to read the detailed, interesting description for this marvelous contribution from 'across the pond'... 

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

  Croft Farm Barn in Cherry Hill, New Jersey by Math Teacher

....... A tastefully  repurposed barn that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places 

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

 

  Mount Clifton Farm, Clifton, Cumbria, UK by Martlakes

"Usually stone built, British bank barns are rectangular buildings. They usually have a central threshing area with hay or corn (cereal) storage bays on either side on the upper floor; and byres, stables, cartshed or other rooms below. The threshing barn on the upper floor was entered by double doors in the long wall approached from a raised bank: these banks could be artificially created. Opposite the main doors was a small winnowing door which opened high above the farmyard level. A common arrangement had an open-fronted single bay cartshed below the threshing floor, with stables on one side and a cow-house on the other. The entrances to these lower floor rooms were protected from above in many cases by a continuous canopy or pentise carried on timber or stone beams which are cantilevered from the main wall."     from Wikipedia

 

This classic bank barn serves as a traditional 'housebarn' where animals and people share living quarters under one roof.   

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

 

  Sheep Barn at Haven Hill - Michigan, United States

.... a "rural retreat for the automotive magnate Edsel Ford family in the 30's and 40's", this over 15,000 sq ft building is listed as a U.S. National Natural Landmark.

 

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

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Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

 

  Sheep Barn at Haven Hill - Michigan, United States

.... a "rural retreat for the automotive magnate Edsel Ford family in the 30's and 40's", this over 15,000 sq ft building is listed as a U.S. National Natural Landmark.

 

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

Hey thanks for the feature. Unfortunately it's a bit late. The barn has partially collapsed in a severe wind storm in June. I'd guess it's down to about 6,000 square feet. The friends of Haven Hill are trying to raise funds to save what is left.

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

 

  Allen Barn; Abraham Lincoln Home & Neighborhood Historic Site - Springfield, IL  by cldisme

Proof that a barn small in stature can be large in historical significance.  

 

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

 

  Octagon Barn - San Luis Obispo, California 

by teeoff2

According to the State Office of Historic Preservation, this ......  'Octagon Barn may be the only one left of it's kind in California'.  

As an aside, and for those of you 'city slickers' that haven't been inside a milking parlour....  check this out - a carousel that milks 360 cows per hour -  the perfect fit for those old round-ish barns (but hardly sufficient for the ~20,000 cow mega dairies around here!).

YouTube - Heartland Dairy

 

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

 

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

 

  Birthplace of Aviation Barn - Dresden, OH 

by silverquill

Barn art can include all sorts of things - flags, quilts, even tobacco advertising!   The proud owner of this little barn in Ohio has a big message to share.   Check it out!

 

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

 

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

 

Lemoyne Star - S. Trade, Tennessee

by macleod1

 

From the UC Cooperative Extension Website:

"What is a barn quilt? Imagine a large, square, colorful wooden block with a painted quilt pattern that is mounted on the side of a barn. Most are 8’ x 8’. Barn quilts currently are in at least 16 states and embellish more than 900 barns."   

Several Waymarkers have explored some of the many Quilt Barn Trails, and have shared the marvelous barns they found along the way.   This month's  Featured Barn had an exceptionally good close-up photograph of the Barn Quilt.

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

 

Concord Road Barn - Georgia

by SearchN

 

Barn builders, like other tradesmen, would often add their 'signature' to the barns they designed and built.  In this case there are small, diamond-shaped cutouts and a rick-rack pattern to the wood above the doorway.   

Next time you drive down a country road and see an old barn standing in a field or nestled amongst the trees, look closely, beyond the weathered wood, for the fine details that tell a story about its special origins.   

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here

 

Barnyard Waymarkers are pleased to announce the latest Featured Barn:

 

PEIRCE BARN - WASHINGTON, DC

by Marine Biologist

 

Politicians are well known for closing the barn door after the horse is out....  so it's only fitting that you'd find a barn located in Washington D.C., the gathering place for our Senators and Representatives!

This fine old barn was once part of an old 19th century gristmill.  Today, a partnership between The Friends of Peirce Mill and the NPS is in the process of restoring this facility to working order.       

You can see this - as well as any previously 'featured' barns -  here