BARN AGAIN! IN OHIO

Barn Rehabilitation & Reutilization

Ohio Historic Preservation Office

Ohio State University Extension

The Ohio State University

CONTACT INFORMATION

National BARN AGAIN! Homepage:
http://www.agriculture.com/barnagain/index.html

BARN AGAIN! is a national program that provides information to help owners of historic barns rehabilitate them and put them back to productive use on farms and ranches.

The National BARN AGAIN! program provides technical assistance through a BARN AGAIN! hotline, publishes rehabilitation guides, sponsors workshops, exhibits and other events, and presents annual awards for the best examples of historic barns rehabilitated for continued farming use. You can contact the organization by clicking on either the above link for the National BARN AGAIN! homepage or listed below.

BARN AGAIN! Hot Line Number: (303) 623-1504
National BARN AGAIN! website: http://www.agriculture.com/barnagain/index.html

When the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Successful Farming Magazine launched BARN AGAIN! in 1987, historic barns were considered doomed. Obsolete for modern farming needs and too expensive to maintain as family heirlooms, old barns appeared destined to be preserved only in photographs and memories.

Several years and hundreds of success stories later, that attitude is changing. Through demonstration projects, case studies, publications, technical assistance, and an awards program, BARN AGAIN! has been chipping away at the widely accepted premise that new is better. The program has shown how historic barns can be adapted for new farming uses ranging from dairy, hog, and cattle operations to machinery or grain storage. Barn preservation techniques have proven to be cost-effective alternatives to tearing down the old barn and putting up a new building. The BARN AGAIN! program provides advice, information, and referrals to an average of 700 barn owners each year.

All educational programs conducted by The Ohio State University are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability or Vietnam-era veteran status.

Date this site was last revised: June 02, 2005.