We’re proud of our Centennial Round Barn

 

This grand building came with the farm. It may sound odd, but we didn’t realize our barn’s significance until we had lived right next to it for a decade. Our minds (and bodies) were busy running and growing our family and our farm.

A round barn isn’t very productive or efficient, and it is very expensive and generally unrealistic to maintain. But, as our farm matured we began to look at the barn through different eyes. A vision came to us from our farm guests and tossed us into the world of preservation and reuse.

One quickly learns in this ‘club’ that there are many more buildings to save than there is time or money.  The camaraderie of preservationists reflects this realism, for many more buildings can be saved if we don’t each try to do it on our own.

Thank you for taking an interest in this centennial round barn’s preservation.

Rental Information
Rent the barn for your next function and you become a financial contributor to the preservation of this significant piece of Wisconsin’s agricultural history.

Barn History
Centric barns have a stately history among our nation’s first presidents. Our barns history is not one of famous people but rather its survival through over 100 years of Wisconsin weather trying to take her down.

Preservation Progress
In 2001 we began the process of preservation and adaptive reuse—the progress, the plans and the future.  See also: A compiled  slideshow of barn images from the construction period and more.

For more information on historic structures in Wisconsin
visit Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation website.