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**RGlasel** · 03-23-2017, 08:03 PM - **2 Likes**

As I drive around for my job, I see very few well-kept wooden barns, but this one is probably the worst kept barn I've ever come across. The rest of the rest of the original farmyard has been cleared away to make room for a gravel pit, but the barn and a concrete shed beside it still stand, sort of.

**goatsNdonkey** · 03-24-2017, 05:55 AM

I have seen worse-kept barns than that, but their ridgepoles had snapped, their roofs had caved in, and they were more recognizable as ruins than as barns. That old barn in your picture still has a will to survive!

Originally posted by RGlasel

As I drive around for my job, I see very few well-kept wooden barns, but this one is probably the worst kept barn I've ever come across. The rest of the rest of the original farmyard has been cleared away to make room for a gravel pit, but the barn and a concrete shed beside it still stand, sort of.

awscreo · 03-24-2017, 06:09 AM - **1 Like**

Near Lake Placid, NY

timb64 · 03-24-2017, 06:14 AM

**RGlasel** · 03-24-2017, 07:36 AM

Originally posted by goatsNdonkey

That old barn in your picture still has a will to survive!

You do have a point there. Sometimes the spirit is willing, but the body isn't.

**goatsNdonkey** · 03-24-2017, 07:41 AM

Originally posted by RGlasel

You do have a point there. Sometimes the spirit is willing, but the body isn't.

Often old barns will get rather sway-backed before the ridgepole snaps, too. The one in your picture is pretty straight-backed.

**YeOldePentaxian** · 03-24-2017, 08:24 AM - **3 Likes**

Originally posted by RGlasel

As I drive around for my job

I hope no one minds a short detour into old barn nostalgia, but I would love to be driving around Saskatchewan and come across one of these barns from my family photo archives. Images are from almost 100 years ago, early 1920's, most likely shot on a No. 1A Autographic Kodak Junior, scans from negatives.

First two are from grandfather's homestead in the Assiniboia district of southern Saskatchewan, last one of the ladies in front of the barn with the stone foundation is unknown friend or relative.

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**goatsNdonkey** · 04-07-2017, 02:56 PM - **1 Like**

Looking through.

Chinar f2.8 35mm with K10D

**rod_grant** · 05-18-2017, 07:18 PM - **1 Like**

A couple from Tasmania

**goatsNdonkey** · 05-22-2017, 07:03 PM - **2 Likes**

My barn again, from the far end of the pasture.

**ramseybuckeye** · 07-02-2017, 07:20 PM - **4 Likes**

Here's a few from the last few months

**RGlasel** · 07-03-2017, 09:38 AM

Originally posted by ramseybuckeye

Here's a few from the last few months

Some very nice images, especially the last one.

**ramseybuckeye** · 07-03-2017, 01:26 PM

A couple more

atupdate · 07-04-2017, 04:31 AM - **1 Like**

From Carriage Hill Metropark in Dayton, OH (a working historical farm).

And a couple from the inside.

Tim

**goatsNdonkey** · 07-04-2017, 05:30 AM

I don't think my Mom knew about that place when she lived near Englewood, or we would have been taking here there when we visited.

Originally posted by atupdate

From Carriage Hill Metropark in Dayton, OH (a working historical farm).

And a couple from the inside.

Tim

03-24-2017, 05:55 AM	#242
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,736	I have seen worse-kept barns than that, but their ridgepoles had snapped, their roofs had caved in, and they were more recognizable as ruins than as barns. That old barn in your picture still has a will to survive! Originally posted by RGlasel As I drive around for my job, I see very few well-kept wooden barns, but this one is probably the worst kept barn I've ever come across. The rest of the rest of the original farmyard has been cleared away to make room for a gravel pit, but the barn and a concrete shed beside it still stand, sort of. Last edited by goatsNdonkey; 03-24-2017 at 06:22 AM.

07-04-2017, 04:31 AM - 1 Like	#254
atupdate Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dayton, OH Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,724	From Carriage Hill Metropark in Dayton, OH (a working historical farm). And a couple from the inside. Tim Last edited by atupdate; 07-10-2017 at 06:30 AM.

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03-23-2017, 08:03 PM - 2 Likes	#241
RGlasel Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Saskatoon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,229	As I drive around for my job, I see very few well-kept wooden barns, but this one is probably the worst kept barn I've ever come across. The rest of the rest of the original farmyard has been cleared away to make room for a gravel pit, but the barn and a concrete shed beside it still stand, sort of.

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awscreo Veteran Member Join Date: May 2016 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,722	Near Lake Placid, NY

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03-24-2017, 07:36 AM	#245
RGlasel Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Saskatoon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,229	Originally posted by goatsNdonkey That old barn in your picture still has a will to survive! You do have a point there. Sometimes the spirit is willing, but the body isn't.

03-24-2017, 07:41 AM	#246
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,736	Originally posted by RGlasel You do have a point there. Sometimes the spirit is willing, but the body isn't. Often old barns will get rather sway-backed before the ridgepole snaps, too. The one in your picture is pretty straight-backed.

04-07-2017, 02:56 PM - 1 Like	#248
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,736	Looking through. Chinar f2.8 35mm with K10D

05-18-2017, 07:18 PM - 1 Like	#249
rod_grant Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Wangaratta, Victoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,951	A couple from Tasmania

05-22-2017, 07:03 PM - 2 Likes	#250
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,736	My barn again, from the far end of the pasture.

07-02-2017, 07:20 PM - 4 Likes	#251
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,296	Here's a few from the last few months

07-03-2017, 09:38 AM	#252
RGlasel Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Saskatoon Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,229	Originally posted by ramseybuckeye Here's a few from the last few months Some very nice images, especially the last one.

07-03-2017, 01:26 PM	#253
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,296	A couple more

07-04-2017, 05:30 AM	#255
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,736	I don't think my Mom knew about that place when she lived near Englewood, or we would have been taking here there when we visited. Originally posted by atupdate From Carriage Hill Metropark in Dayton, OH (a working historical farm). And a couple from the inside. Tim

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