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Updated Calendar of Events

Click the Event Calendar link at left for updated information on events for 2008!

Barn of the Year Award Nominees Needed

Do you know about an outstanding barn in your region of the state?

If so, drop us a line and get it nominated for the annual Friends of Ohio Barns "Barn of the Year Award" The deadline is March 10th, 2008.

Nominations will be judged in two categories: agricultural use and adaptive use (non-agricultural). Nominations should include photos, current owner's name, location of the barn, current use of the barn, history of the barn including age and builder if known, and information on repairs and who made them, if known.

Please Click Here for complete details about the Barn of the Year Award.

Online Registration available for Barn Conference IX

Preliminary information for Ohio Barn Conference IX is now available! Click the Conference 2008 link at left for full details. And remember, sign up before March 10th for a $25 discount per item!

Click Here for complete details!

New Community Link Section

We now offer a Community Links section. Please click the Links item at left to branch out through the barn community.

Friends of Ohio Barns annual Fall Picnic

It will be Sept. 15th from noon to 5pm. at the home of Friends board member, Dan Troth. He lives at 7591 Perry Rd. Delaware, Oh 43015. Please bring a covered side dish or dessert of your choice. The meat dish and plates / utensils will be provided along with drinks. We will have an opportunity to tour Dan's house, part of it being two restored barns into one main wing of the house. Dan may have another surprise up his sleeve too!

Please contact any board member if you plan to attend, so that we can get a head count.

Plan to spend a beautiful early fall day in central Ohio!

Hertzler House Barn Workshop

The Timber Framers Guild and volunteers helped the Clark County Park District restore, reassemble, and raise a historic barn at the George Rogers Clark Historic Park, in Springfield, Ohio. There was a Barn Repair and Reassembly Workshop July 7-21, capped off with an old-fashioned barn raising Saturday, July 21.

Please check out the Timber Framer's Guild website for project photos and documentation.

Friends of Ohio Barns Announces the Second Annual “Ohio Barn of the Year” Award

Nominated barns will be judged in two categories, continued AGRICULTURAL USE and ADAPTIVE USE (non-agricultural). Barn owners, barn enthusiasts and local historic organizations are encouraged to nominate their favorite barn or barns for one of the two categories. Nominations should include as much information as available including: photos, current owners name, location of barn, current use of barn, history of barn including age and builder if known, and repairs and information on individuals performing repairs.

Awards will be presented at the 8th annual Ohio Barn Conference.

News release and photos of both winning nominations will be made available to the news media with a feature story in “The Old Barn Post”.

Ohio Barn Conference VIII & Newsletter Updates

We have updated the site with extensive information about OBC VIII on the Conference 2007 page. We are also now up to date with posting all newsletters, sorry about the temporary lag in posting.