Charlevoix Barn

Coralan Barn - 2008
Yellow building with deck once was the addition to the main barn.

Coralan Barn - 1968

Benedict Barn

Benedict Barn

Benedict Barn

Gould City Barn

Threaten By Development

A New Life

Barn Collections
Barns have a tendency to become collection sites for "stuff." You never know what you may find.

It's About the Future
The famous Ellis Barn, a "Madawaska Twin Barn," in southeast Michigan enjoys life anew in Springfield Oaks County Park, where future generations, including these youngsters, can enjoy it for many many years to come. Old barns need not be lost to development if people work together with determination and vision.

A Diamond in the Rough
The frame on this barn remains sound. A new roof and some cleaning up, especially to remove the damaging vines that are tearing apart the siding, could achieve wonders and give this heritage barn new life.

14-Sided Barn
A rare and still-being-used 14-sided barn in Kentucky's Bourbon County. This one is known as the Goffland Barn and was built at the turn of the last century.

Where Am I?
Can anyone tell me where this barn makes its home?
Hint: somewhere in the Hastings, Michigan area!

Alien Invasion?
Is this evidence of an alien invasion? The underside of a spacecraft? No, it is light filtering through the top of a wooden silo, centered in a 14-sided barn in Kentucky. Such craftsmanship and beauty!

A True Red Barn

Dutch Barns
Some refer to this barn in the Holland, Michigan, area as a Dutch barn. Others say it is just an elongated gambrel-roofed barn. I couldn't tell you for sure, but it's big and beautiful!

Stone Silo
Simply beautiful, isn't it?

Upper Peninsula Treasure
It seems incomprehensible to people who cherish vistas like this that anyone could ever choose to destroy them, but that is the goal of those who want to create mines on the Menominee River. History bears out that the damage to the environment would be permanent and toxic. What you see in this image is the treasure. Once lost, forever gone.

Back Home
For many years after the cattle no longer came inside for morning and evening milking, this barn, not too far from where I grew up, collected only raccoons and troublesome trees that threatened to destroy its roof and foundation. But on a trip "back home" a couple of years ago, it was a treat to discover that it had been rescued and is enjoying new life!

My Grandfather's Barn
This tiny log barn in Michigan's Menominee County was built by my Grandpa Palmer at the turn of the last century. It needs a loving home because it is falling into severe disrepair and the man who now owns the farm has no interest in it or its history. I'd adopt it and bring it to Lower Michigan if I could. There are many wonderful memories associated with this barn... hugging calves, catching chickens, and walking across the driveway from the barn to the old farmhouse at night holding Grandpa's hand feeling safe, secure and loved.