A 10-year-old home near Alexandria in Licking County created from two mid-1800 barns has hit the market, offering barn lovers ...

I spoke to the group about Ohio’s Historic Family Farms program and how to research the history of farms and old buildings, something I had done last year for a story for Columbus Monthly.

That includes Native American mounds, old schoolhouses, museums, nature preserves and more. While many buildings from early ...

Rebecca Nieminen compiled hundreds of her best images in a newly published photography book, “For the Love of Old Barns.” ...

It is said that once a barn’s roof deteriorates, the rest of the structure soon follows. The loss of barns is a strike against rural heritage that is impossible to quantify. Efforts are ongoing to ...

It also hosts an annual barn conference; the 2023 conference was held in April in Morrow County and included a tour of six barns. Friends of Ohio Barns also gives three annual “Barn of the Year” ...

Ohio was once home to around 10,000 historic barns dating back to the early and mid-1800s, according to Tom O'Grady, executive director of the Southeast Ohio History Center in Athens.

If any barn owner feels that his or her old barn has a good history behind it they are encouraged to contact Pump House director John Payne via email at [email protected] or phone at 740-703-6514.

As new development springs up on former Ohio farmland, one group is working to preserve the agricultural icons that might otherwise be demolished. Saving Ohio's agricultural history, one barn at a ...

Especially in Pennsylvania, the old barns were larger than we commonly see in east and southeast Ohio. Many were made of stone, likely taken from the fields on the farm. Others were made with ...

The barn on state Route 821, just outside of Marietta on the eastern edge of Ohio, is old. Its gray wood panels are wide and full of holes. The left side was once painted with an ancient “mail ...