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Barns in the News

Click on these links, to read about local barn preservation efforts.

• “Historic America painted on barns now fading away,”
  Illinois Farmer Today, July 10, 2022
• “Group seeks 100-year-old barns in Central Illinois for upcoming book,“
  The Pantagraph, Jan. 16, 2022
• “Barns fast disappearing from Corn Belt countryside,”
   The Pantagraph, Sept. 3, 2017
• “End of horse era spurs revolution in barn design,”
  The Pantagraph, Nov. 6, 2016

All about American Barns

Click on these links to learn more about barn preservation

• “Common types of American Barns,”
  Old House Web
• “How to Maintain, Preserve, or Repair Old Barns,”
  Old House Web