Big Old Barn Pics

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JD John

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• Apr 12, 2013

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This is an old barn by us that isn't doing much anymore. Took some pictures of it the other day on the way to town so I could post them on here. Larry@stinescorner has me looking at these old buildings closer with the pictures he has been posting. The stories they could tell. I think this would of been a pretty nice place back in its glory days. John

 

Steve in VA

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Natural Bridge Virginia

• Apr 12, 2013

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I can't even imagine trying to replace something like that today. To build comparable would be monumental. Beautiful.

 

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JMOR

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TX

• Apr 12, 2013

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(quoted from post at 14:57:20 04/12/13) I can't even imagine trying to replace something like that today. To build comparable would be monumental. Beautiful.

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agree & can't even imagine filling it with hay!!

 

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641Dave

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• Apr 12, 2013

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It makes me want to grab my camera and go inside.

 

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The Red

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• Apr 12, 2013

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That would hold a bunch of tractors!

 

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Nancy Howell

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• Apr 12, 2013

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Wow! That is one big barn.

 

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Phil Scarborough

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• Apr 12, 2013

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I think Larry has a lot to answer for. I, too, go round with a whole new look on life. I see buildings and the countryside in a whole new way.Thanks Larry.
JDJohn, that barn looks terrific, you have probably passed it lots of times and never really noticed it, now you see it with different eyes. Phil

 

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gene bender

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• Apr 12, 2013

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What a beautiful barn too bad they dont do some fixing that had to be on a huge farming operation.

 

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old harv

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• Apr 12, 2013

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If that barn was full of livestock a guy could spent his whole life shoveling manure and never get done! It is a beautiful thing but I sure wouldn't want to use it again. It does appear to me that the bottom floor has been made or modified to be cleaned out with a tractor or skid steer, but the second floor looks like fork work. And as someone else said, imagine filling it with hay!

 

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gtractorfan

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• Apr 12, 2013

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Can't help thinking, it would be a surprise (a good one I presume) for the owner to see his barn on here.

 

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Ozlander

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• Apr 12, 2013

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(quoted from post at 14:51:41 04/12/13) Can't help thinking, it would be a surprise (a good one I presume) for the owner to see his barn on here.

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Now a days he would probably sue you for invasion of privacy.

 

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Bernsy MN.

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• Apr 12, 2013

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What a great barn, still looks square. Quite the contrast of silo,s. Really neat pics.

 

Bruce from Can.

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Woodville, Ontario, Canada

• Apr 12, 2013

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Still many large barns like that around here,I have two myself. And 10,000 small squares of hay would fit comfortably in that barn.

 

SweetFeet

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• Apr 12, 2013

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JD John,

Fabulous old barn, great photos. Would love the see the inside of that one!

 

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ricb

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• Apr 12, 2013

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interesting. i would love a back story on yhat one. I've looked at and noticed many of the old barns since I was a kid and many of them are gone now. I've heard much of the history of the local area from my father, grandfather, and as many of the older folks as I get a chance to talk to. that is a great barn.

 

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fixerupper

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• Apr 12, 2013

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Back in the day a farmer could feed his livestock in that barn during a snowstorm and not even know it's snowing outside. I would think that farm was more than a one man operation when it was in it's glory. Either the farmer had a big family with a lot of kids to pitch manure and stack hay or he had hired men.

A lot of progressive thinking went into the design and architecture when it was built. What would a barn like that have cost to build back around the turn of the century? Someone gathered and skidded a lot of rocks just to make the foundation. Jim

 

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Paul from MI

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• Apr 12, 2013

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I've spent enough time in the mow of those beautiful old girls stacking bales up tight to the roof when it's about 90 to appreciate their beauty without doing it again.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Apr 15, 2013

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Would that be S. W. of Clare Michigan? Herrick Rd.?

 

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W_B

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• Apr 16, 2013

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What a barn! Bet it looks like a rural cathedral inside. Thanks for posting.