Donna Whiting email
me! - Sunday, July 09, 2000 01:10:10 PM
Have you heard of the American Country Barn Collectible Series? Part of the
proceeds from the sale of each of the collectible barns goes to the Barn Again
Program for restoration of the barns. Contact me if you are interested in learning
more about them.
Lori Harrold email
me! - Wednesday, July 12, 2000 02:24:50 AM
I reside next to a ceramic dairy barn and silo- the powers that be, being one's
that have no regard for farmers- or their ancestry of farming- have sold their
land for profit to the realestate-contractiors to build shotty 350,000 homes.
I ask you, who is going to feed this nation if this continues? Please help me
save this land mark- time is running out I've seen them putting their flags
out. I am only one person- but others feel the same way this beutiful structure
represents the American way, the way it used to be. Thank you for your consideration
Lori
Dick Cook email
me! - Wednesday, July 12, 2000 09:07:43 AM
I'm from Michigan and have just completed paintig my modern pole barn. I am
looking for information and pictures of signs painted on old barns. I'm especially
interested in those painted with the Chew Mail Pouch Tabacco sign. If you can
be of help please E-mail me
barnman email
me! - Sunday, July 16, 2000 01:57:46 PM
Take a look at our new web site thebarnpeople.com There are many pictures of
endangered Vermont barns being dismantled, restored and reassembled.There are
also some great old photographs from Vermont's past.
John Rolph email
me! - Monday, July 17, 2000 04:00:10 PM
Charlottesville, VA. I am interested in wooden silos. In particular, I would
like to build an addition onto an existing log cabin using a wooden silo for
the addition. Does anyone know if wooden silos are still manufactured? If so,
where and by who? Thank you.
Maxine Mountney email
me! - Wednesday, July 19, 2000 06:56:05 PM
I am a Librarian in rural Ontario. I have a mature student attempting to write
an English essay on Post and Beam barns. He needs technical information in the
way of the names of the joints, types of cut, types of roof etc. Could anyone
assist me in assisting this gentleman? All help is greatly appreciated. Thanking
you in anticipation.
Sheila Stevens email
me! - Saturday, July 22, 2000 09:15:26 PM
I was recently on vacation at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky and on our way home we
saw hundreds of barns that were black. Does anyone know why the barns are black
in Kentucky?
Squire Steffey email
me! - Monday, July 24, 2000 01:13:55 PM
Barnraising....if anyone knows of, reads of a barnraising in the Amish country
of Pa. at anytime, please share when and where. Many thanks!
Squire Steffey email
me! - Monday, July 24, 2000 01:27:42 PM
If anyone reads about or knows of a barnraising in the Pa. Amish countryside,
please advise. Many thanks!!
email me! - Monday, July
24, 2000 04:42:58 PM
Barns are red and white so that they may be seen by the farmers from their fields.
This provided the farmers with a good sense of direction during the dusk and
dawn hours of the day.
A.Ginter email
me! - Thursday, July 27, 2000 07:39:23 AM
I am willing to give a 1964 aerial photo of the Mail Pouch barn located at 5777
State Route 128, Cleves, Ohio in exchange for photos of this barn which show
the painted sides. I believe it is one of the few barns that had been painted
on three sides.
Doug Hines email
me! - Thursday, July 27, 2000 01:41:08 PM
I am in the final stages of putting back up a 20 x 40 hay barn I bought at auction
to relocate to my home. If anyone out there has thought about dissasembling
a barn and putting it back together. I am here to tell you that it can be done,
it's just a lot of work, I am doing it completely by myself and for very little
money. If I could offer technical advice or encouragement in the undertaking
of such a project please e-mail me in Kansas.
Amanda email
me! - Sunday, July 30, 2000 03:46:05 PM
Hi I was wondering if anyone knows where or how i can purchase a book with various
types of pictures of different barns. If anyone can help me i would greatly
appreciate it thanks.
scott email
me! - Sunday, July 30, 2000 07:53:46 PM
we were reading the guestbook and decided we would contribute from Ontario,Canada.
Our barn was built in 1871 (date is carved in barn boards at the front peak
of the barn). Many visitors to our farm cannot believe that the original barn
boards have remained for over 125 years! A beam in the barn has my grandfather's
name carved in it, dating back to August,1917 Anyone with interesting barn nostalgia,please
e-mail.
Leslie email
me! - Thursday, August 03, 2000 02:25:24 PM
It's a dream of mine to live in a barn. What are the barn dimensions that accommodate
living situations? Is there one best source to begin my search for barns for
sale?
Joanna email
me! - Thursday, August 03, 2000 04:31:58 PM
I live in Cumbria, England, and was delighted to find your website, almost by
accident. It's the most interesting one I've discovered yet. I love the New
England red barns (hope to see them for myself on a holiday some time in the
future). In Cumbria (the Lake District), all our barns are stone-built, and
when the farmer retires and sells up, often the farm buildings are bought by
developers and turned into houses. I even know one person who lives in a converted
barn and has called it "Barn-y-twaz" - honestly!. Good luck with the website,
it's really interesting.
Mike Pendergrass email
me! - Friday, August 04, 2000 05:57:28 PM
Your barn site is the greatest resource on the web. I build HO scale model railroad
modules and had planned to do a tobacco barn. As you can probably figure your
page on the Mail Pouch Barn was a humongous asset to my modeling effort. I might
even try a round or hexagonal barn also. Thanks for the inspiration to try these
wonderful structures in miniture.
Elmer Napier email
me! - Monday, August 07, 2000 09:53:17 AM
I am tring to locate Mail Pouch Barns with the logo painted. So far I have been
able to locate 2 one on M-52 near Owosso the other one near Deckersville. If
anyone can be of assistance in location these fast vanishing barns it would
be appreciated. Elmer Napier.
Valerie Stabenow email
me! - Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:51:12 PM
I believe we have a barn that was designed by Gordon Van Tyne (Davenport/ Quad
Cities Area) and then transported to our farm in Freeport,IL for raising/construction.
I'm looking for more information about Van Tyne barns so that I can write my
application for Illinois Historical Register.
dan vincent email
me! - Sunday, August 13, 2000 10:14:49 AM
would like to see the inside setup of some of the old barns
Richard Berardinelii email
me! - Monday, August 14, 2000 09:11:29 PM
I have been traveling through out western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio photographing
"Mail Pouch Barns". I am now searching for barns in any of these areas with
"Coca Cola" painted on them can anybody help me.Please E-mail me
Elmer Napier email
me! - Tuesday, August 15, 2000 09:02:22 AM
I have been photographing Mail Pouch Tobacco barns. I have about 240 in my collection.
I found a barn with WOW Tobacco one end one side with Mail Pouch Tobacco. Does
anyone have any history of the WOW Tobacco Company? Any help will be appreciated.
Tom and Donna Mueller email
me! - Saturday, August 19, 2000 04:38:45 PM
As we were travelling through North Dakota and Minnesota this summer, we saw
many ventilating cupolas on the tops of the gambrel roofed barns. These cupolas
were square based, with the base approximately 4 feet wide and 1 foot tall,
capped by a drip ledge which was topped by a tapered cylinder (top about 2 1/2
- 3 foot diameter and 3 feet tall) with a 4 foot diam. round ventilating cap
approx. 1 foot tall then tapering to a peak approx. 2 feet above that. The weather
vane then attaches to this peak. We are preparing to build a barn with living
quarters on our property in Central Texas with passive cooling in the barn proper,
and we like the way these cupolas look. Does anyone know where we could buy
cupolas like these? We have been unable to locate them in our searches. We can
email a picture of the cupolas if needed. Thanks!
Vance Patrick email
me! - Sunday, August 20, 2000 04:03:32 PM
I would like to relocate a barn to my property in southeast mi. Please help
me with this project. Prices of barns, contractors to use in the project and
how to approach the local building dept. This site is the foundation of my project.
THANK YOU!!!!
Jolene email
me! - Wednesday, August 23, 2000 03:51:28 PM
OREGON/WASHINGTON BARN ENTHUSIASTS: I NEED YOUR HELP! For those of you that
enjoy barns with old advertisements on them, I am asking for your help. I need
to know where remaining barns are standing with advertisements for "Hotel Lithia,
So. Oregon's BEST!". The one next to the farmhouse I grew up in is located in
Junction City, Oregon. I know of another in creswell, Oregon. If anyone knows
of any others, PLEASE e-mail me. I want to photograph every one that is still
standing, and will travel any length of distance to find one. Thanks in advance
for your help!!!
David Williams email
me! - Friday, August 25, 2000 10:49:39 PM
I would like to see some material on silos. I have a few silo brochures. They
were made several different ways with different materials.
Elizabeth email
me! - Monday, August 28, 2000 11:14:33 AM
(Ann Arbor, Michigan area) Help! I am frustrated. We need a second barn on our
historic farm, and I have located a barn less than 3 miles down the road which
the owners will give to us, if we can move it. It is 40' x 70' and in excellent
condition. Calls to contractors in the area informed me that it would probably
cost over $100,000 to move this barn to our farm. There is no way we can pay
that much, and I am currently working with a few builders to design and build
a metal pole barn. It's killing me! Is there any way we can move that barn at
a reasonable cost (like under $50,000)? The barn is beautiful, and will be demolished.
It is right on the road, in the front yard of a new home and quickly being surrounded
by residential development. We would love to save it, but simply can't handle
the price. If anyone has any ideas, or contacts with reasonable barn movers,
please let me know.
patty ruger email
me! - Friday, September 01, 2000 10:15:28 PM
i remodeled a 150 year old barn 48 x 24 ft. 2story with dirt ground floor in
the center of katonah, n. y. population 5000 50 miles from n.y.c.
Diana email me!
- Wednesday, September 06, 2000 02:21:12 PM
Please Help: I am searching for a non-profit organization that can help me evaluate
and create an engineering plan to save my Barn. It was built in 1900 and is
still standing and being used in Fort Lupton Colorado. I have heard of some
organizations that will help refurbish old barns. Any ideas!?
Maryann Pate email
me! - Wednesday, September 06, 2000 09:41:38 PM
This site is almost as good as the barns! I am looking for locations of mail
pouch barns that can be accessed from Interstate 77 from North Carolina to southeastern
Ohio. Also a stencil pattern of a barn for a border design. Appreciate any help.
Ryan Rhoades email
me! - Thursday, September 07, 2000 09:06:08 AM
Hey send me any information you have on why barns are painted red
Nick email me!
- Friday, September 08, 2000 10:08:16 PM
I have been trying to find a site for the ads painted on barns, like the old
tobacco ads etc. help Nick
Nancy Harris email
me! - Friday, September 08, 2000 11:35:44 PM
I found your site by accident. I love barns,never owned one but enjoy taking
pictures of them. I live in a county in Illinois that had barns in almost every
town, now they are fast disappearing and they call this progress.
Mindy email me!
- Saturday, September 09, 2000 05:15:12 PM
www.animal farm@yahoo.com
Brian Norton email
me! - Sunday, September 10, 2000 12:58:26 PM
HELP! I recently bought a centennial farm that has been in my family for 120
years. The farm is located in Michigan's u.p. We still own the origanal 160
arces that my great, great, grandfather received on the homestead act in 1881.
It is filled with so much history. All of the origanal buildings are still up
thanks to my great grandfather and my grandfather's hard work. There's just
one problem. The barn that was built in 1905 is in pretty good shape exept for
the roof. The birds have been eating away at it. It has 1 layer of origanal
ceder shakes, and 1 layer of asphalt shingels that were put on in the 1960's.
My Grandpa as well as some of the old farmers in the area keep telling me "you
better do something with that barn, you have to keep a roof on there in order
to keep the barn in shape". The most economical thin to do would be to put a
metal roof on it. But I can't afford it for I have been putting all of my extra
time and money into the house and other buildings. I am doing everything I can
to restore the place to it's origanal state. I am very concernd and need some
assistance. If anyone knows of any Federal,State, or even a organization that
can help PLEASE call me at 1-734-522-3466 and ask for Brian Norton. You could
also reach me by E-mail at mgschamber@aol.com. Thank you very much for any help
you can provide!!!!
Kelle Blandford email
me! - Monday, September 11, 2000 06:38:53 PM
I was interested to know if anyone knows of companies or individuals that dismantel
barns piece by piece. I would love to see them all standing forever but as we
all know they don't and I have a dream to take barns down and resell the boards
and items in them. Can someone connect me to someone else with the same ideas?
T Kujawa email
me! - Tuesday, September 12, 2000 11:15:50 PM
Very plesed to find your site! I am an architecture student and doing reserch
on barns in favor of restoration and preservation. so much of arcitecture today
is built of destroying history and building something new and modern. It is
a shame that so many of todays builders practice this. Keep up the great work
and a fabric of american landscape will be preserved for all to remember. I'll
will do my part as a potential designer. Please email other sites or imfo!
Elmer Napiert email
me! - Wednesday, September 13, 2000 04:57:56 PM
Listed below is the Mail Pouch Barns I found in Michigan last week. I know there
are many more Mail Pouch barns in Michigan. I would appreciate any help in locating
barns in Michigan. 1. Located on M-52 north of Owsso, Shipawassew Co. 2. On
Old US 27 betweeb Shepherd and Forest Hills 3. On M-25 one mile south of M-46
Beautiful Picture. 4. On US. 12 west of Saline. 5. On US. 12 West of Saline
Wash 6. ON Us. 12 west Of Saline-Washew County. 7. On us 1 2 west of Moscow.
8. On US. 223 West of Adarian.
Jacqueline O'Duor email
me! - Wednesday, September 13, 2000 08:24:34 PM
I'm doing an architectural research project at Florida A&M University, and through
reading this page, i am learning more and more about these useful architectural
structures. There's a lot more work that has to be put into designing a building
a barn than I thought.
Rex email
me! - Wednesday, September 13, 2000 10:52:09 PM
need pitcures of old barns of Oregon and Washington. THANKS
Kelly email
me! - Sunday, September 17, 2000 05:19:20 PM
My husband is out tearing down our old barn as I type this. Does anyone have
any good resources for selling the barn boards? We are located in SW Iowa and
I know that they can sell for as much as $1/foot, but we would be tickled to
sell them for $.50/foot if someone wanted to come and sort thru what they wanted
and haul them away. Otherwise, they are getting burned!
Candise email
me! - Tuesday, September 19, 2000 12:03:13 PM
Hi: we are lease purchasing a farm in SW Washington State, est.1898, and listed
with the National Registry of Historic Places. Just found out that the barn
is probably 20+ older than the house. We are using it to keep horses, but don't
want to destroy the milking barn look. If someone wouldn't mind looking at our
site, and if you recognize the place, send any info or pics you might have,
we would be very appriciative. http://homestead.juno.com/jRfarms1/jRfarms1.html
Rusty Shackleford email
me! - Wednesday, September 20, 2000 09:40:44 PM
I just bought a 10 acre parcel with 30'x50' hay barn that I am considering converting
into a house. I want to do as much of the work as possible . I'm having trouble
finding any books on the subject. Does anyone have any information. I've looked
in the giant e-bookstores with little luck. I'm in Genesee County,N.Y. Any help
appreciated.
Bill Simmonds email
me! - Thursday, September 21, 2000 09:02:37 PM
Nice web site. I love to take pictures of old barns with advertising signs on
them, (Mail Pouch ect.) I am looking for some barns with ad signs other than
Mail Pouch, such as tourist attractions (Rock City), Coca-Cola, store names,
local businesses, anything old. Desire Midwest locations. Thanks.
Dawn Dickinson email
me! - Sunday, September 24, 2000 05:07:02 AM
I have recently purchased a barn in East Yorkshire, England. My partner and
myself are to intend to convert it into a contemporary dwelling. We have adopted
a sustainable development ethos, treating the 0.5 acre site as its own eco-system,
not removing anything from site for land fill etc. We are eventually wanting
to errect a wind turbine but the British planning regulations are a real pain
to get around so for now we are going to generate all our heating requirements
from a wood stove combined heating system and solar panels to provide hot water
in the summer months. I am not sure about the age of the barn although the bricks
give clues and I have found parliamentary enclosure plans dating back to 1805.
I have arranged to meet an archeaoligist to put and age on the building but
it could be anything from medeival to 1784, when a brick tax was introduced.
Im so pleased to find a barn site as Im sure there are many people like me who
are researching their own properties. I am hoping to develop my own web site
in the near future documenting the barn conversion and history. I will contact
the webmaster in the future to provide more information and hopefully people
may visit me in the UK online.
Gigi Reilly email
me! - Monday, September 25, 2000 02:03:49 PM
I just came back from Verona, Wisconsin. Almost all barns are painted red which
prompted me to ask "Why are Barns red?" My friend's answer involved cows blood
is available. I don't know if there is any truth in that answer. My other friend
sent me to your website which satisfied my curiosity. Thank you.
tony cardinal email
me! - Monday, September 25, 2000 06:31:28 PM
Hello i am looking for information on who repairs old barns in the onstead mi
area it was built in 1870 and is in good shape except for the roof i am just
purschaseing the place and would love to save the barn it is about 60 ft long
40ft wide and 40ft tall three floors i realy would like too save it but i am
not rich so need a honest estimate on repairs.Thanks
Susan L. email
me! - Tuesday, September 26, 2000 09:30:37 AM
Hello fellow barn folks, I am a 4-H leader in the Frankenmuth, MI area. Our
club has taken pictures of many of the old barn in our area as well as getting
the history of the barns. What I am looking for now is the name of all the parts
of the construction of a barn,(the inside parts of the barn.) I feel we have
to teach our young club members of the lost art of barn building and construction
... so if anyone can help me please contact me via e-mail ... Thank you
Kevin Allen email
me! - Wednesday, September 27, 2000 09:27:36 PM
I am currently restoring a barn in Tennessee, and need pictures of front doors
and hardware. Any Help?
email me!
- Friday, September 29, 2000 11:06:03 PM
I'm still searching for the answer to the question, "Why are so many barns painted
red?"