My Barn's Centennial

One of my earliest posts on this blog concerned the graffiti on my barn that made me believe it was built in June of 1923. Which would mean that it is 100 years old this month.

It's not looking very good, but it's still standing.


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Here's a detail from a photo of the back yard I took not long after I bought this place in 1990 …



… and here it is circa 1998:



Yes, I let it go to pieces. It's returning to the earth whence it came.

The barn was probably built by George Bodamer — or perhaps I should say, by people hired by George Bodamer, who in 1923 was 70 years old.