VANCOUVER, Wash. – Old barns have special appeal for Jim Riedl. There’s history. The economic value of hand-hewn beams fashioned from old-growth timber. And, Riedl says, there’s mystery. A darkened, ...

My parents’ feed and seed country store was located adjacent to a fairly large farm with an equally large old hay barn. The barn’s first floor was divided into wooden stalls which were shrouded with ...

CHICO — Back in the day, the DeMeyer family would throw harvest parties for workers and friends in their big hay barn in west Chico. “We’d do it nearly every year,” said Ray DeMeyer, who would find ...

At 9:03 a.m. a cheer went up: The first timber structure for the revived Cowell Ranch Hay Barn had been hoisted, set, and secured. Working south to north, seven more would follow before lunch, with ...

CHICO — In nearly every direction at Meriam Park is the sound of hammering and construction, but the tone is a little different on Alcott Avenue, where a century-old barn is coming back to life. The ...

DANVERS — Residents will be able to learn more about a proposed $3.4 million project to refurbish the old Hay Barn at Endicott Park into a place for weddings, events, conferences, community gatherings ...

Former Times-Reporter staff writer Renee Brown Parker takes us on a personal journey of replacing the family’s nearly 100-year-old barn with a new one. Old bank barns are familiar sights around here.