Deb Petersen
Thank you everyone for this wonderful work of
heart.
28 December 2003 - montville, ohio
perry miller | perrymiller894@msn.com
i am building a 16x18 tractor shed. it stands 12'
high. it's covered in rough sawn lumber and i want to
paint the mail pouch logo on one of the ends. can
anybody tell me what colors to use for the yellow
letters and the blue trim? we have a sherwin williams
store in town, but they were of no help. i would
appreciate any help, thankyou.
12 December 2003 - norwalk ohio
lois | curley_45@yahoo.com
our son was looking for pictures of barns when he
and his girl friend made a MailPouch gingerbread
house. imagnie his surprise when he found the picture
of our old barn at Mineral Wells wv. #mpb 48-54-02.
thanks so much the site is great
27 November 2003 - mineral well, wv
Karen Hensley | lkhensle@frontiernet.net
I found your site to be just wonderful! I hope to
see as many covered bridges and old mills as I can,
whether it be when I go on vacation, or after I retire
someday. Your site is very informative.
22 November 2003 - Washburn, TN
John Troesser | editor@texasescapes.com |
www.texasescapes.com
A very beautiful site with a lot of hard work
evident. We would like a reciprocal link if possible -
you can link directly to our water tower page (about
45 images)if you like. Sorry there aren't too many
barns down here.
20 November 2003 - Fayetteville, Texas
Shelley | dais5101@wmconnect.com
Your web site is wonderful and I would like to know
how I could possibly get a sign or stencil so I can
put on my ex-large storage barn??? Please let me
know
20 October 2003
Brian McKee | bjmckee51@mac.com | N/A
This is a very impressive web site! I could spend
hours looking at all of the photos and information.
You can bet I'll pass it along to all my friends!
Great work!
19 October 2003 - Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Max Koop | mad_max_2003_3@hotmail.com
The website is awesome. i have spent hours looking
at all the pictures. i really enjoy seeing buildings
being used for something artistic. my family has a
round barn on this web site.thanks keep up the great
work.
16 October 2003 - i live in jackson county, (state
of Indiana)
Nick Fetchina | NandJFetchina@cs.com
Very interesting site. Really enjoyed and keep up
the good work.
13 October 2003 - Indiana
Jenn Tillman | twtillman@comcast.net
Thank you so much for your gas station pictures. I
have been searching the internet and books for vintage
ones. My mother and I are painting a mural of a gas
station and train depot in my sons' bedroom. We found
your pictures very helpful.
12 October 2003 - Charleston, SC
Mary Radcliffe
I love this site.We use it to find Mailpouch barns
when we travel.Bi-cent. site is great also. Keep up
the good work.
28 September 2003 - Toledo,Ohio
Myrna Singer Casey
Wonderful site,I really enjoyed looking at all the
barns. Do you put only advertising barns on your site?
My ancestors barn is still standing just outside
Ruggles, the old Underhill farm on hwy 124 I think. It
must date from the late 1800's.
25 September 2003 - Tacoma, WA
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freddy brown | brownsplumbing@earthlink.net | coming
soon
you have a great site and it has been a great help.
I am intrested in the rock city barns and have enjoyed
seeing them. our local paper said last week that there
were about 90 barns left. hope we can get more
information from viewers. i will be adding about 4 or
5 barns in a few days.
22 September 2003 - east central alabama
Nancy K. Paul | nkp1@gvtc.com
I have a client who is looking for a hand hewn barn
to buy and disassemble and move to his area to use as
a base for a home he is hoping to build. We live in
Texas so we are open to finding one almost anywhere. I
am from Ohio and I remember all kinds of great barns
and wondered if anyone had any ideas on websites or
sources for finding barns for sale.
11 September 2003 - Texas
sherry binkowski | vermontsherry@yahoo.com
to mr. sanford in regards to your question. go to
www.thebarnjournal.org and click on barn stories. find
"A Barn Raising Experiece". this is an article about a
lady who restored her barn by a man named Pat Stilt
from the J.P. Stilt Barn Restoration Company from
Freemont Michigan. i hope this helps. if you need me
to,i might be able to contact the lady who wrote the
story as she does not live far from me. good
luck!!!!
3 September 2003 - michigan
Jeffrey A. Sanford | jfsand@gte.net
I have purchased MPB 35-61-06 with the intent of
restoration. Having watched this barn decay rapidly in
the last few years, I made the decision to purchase it
with the intent of restoring it. I was unable to
purchase the property so this structure must be moved.
I have fixed the roof and cleaned the barn out to
prepare for numbering for movement. Does anyone have
any contacts who may have advice, perhaps professional
advice as far as dismanteling and reconstruction. This
is a project I wish to start this fall, once the
weather cools.
3 September 2003
Mark Brandt | mkbtnvols@aol.com
WOW!!!!Mike you have added so much to the web site.
It is such a great enjoyment to look at all that is
out there from just you web site. Without a doubt the
best looking and best organized on the web. Keep it
up. mark
21 August 2003 - Chattanooga Tennessee
Chris | ronevsorg@aol.com
To my understanding....Bloch Brothers at one time
had published a brochure showing the locations of Mail
Pouch barns...if this is true,
Where could I find this?...(I'd even settle for a
xerox copy)Also..were there ANY or still are Mail
Pouch barns in virginia?
Thanks in advance...
Chris
16 August 2003 - Va
Cyndi Miller
I love looking at the "history" of each sign. I now
live in Texas and I really miss seeing these!
12 August 2003
Jackie
This is a wonderful site that every current and
former resident of Ohio should see. I truly loved
it.
11 August 2003 - Brewster, Ohio
Nancy K. Paul | nkp1@gvtc.com
I have a client who is looking for a hand hewn barn
to buy and disassemble and move to his area to use as
a base for a home he is hoping to build. We like in
Texas so we are open to finding one almost anywhere. I
am from Ohio and I remember all kinds of great barns
and wondered if anyone has any ideas for finding barns
for sale.
11 August 2003 - Texas
Kim Longfellow | kb_visions@hotmail.com |
www.kb-visions.com
Your site has really grown over the months. First
visited when you had just started putting the Ohio
Bicentennial logo barns on the site... Wow, what a
difference.. and I mean that in a good way. You've
done a lovely job and hope you know how many
appreciate your efforts and achievements. My husband
and I were a couple of the barn groupies of Scott
Hagan and the Ohio bicentennial logo barns. We managed
all 88 counties and saved our memories to share with
all who were interested. Our photos became one of
three of the posters licensed by the Bicentennial
Commission. We also met some wonderful people that
have invited us to become part of the MailPouch barn
fans. It was wonderful seeing Ohio and a lot of its
beginnings on this adventure. Thanks again for your
site and all who see it, share in it, and continue to
keep it going!!!
4 August 2003 - Columbus, Ohio
Ruth Goble | Ruthgob@aol.com
This is a wonderful web site.
A gold star for the programer.
30 July 2003 - Bellville, Oh.
Larry | WvOcCa@aol.com
What a nice site.Spent the better part of the
afternoon looking.Grew up in Wheeling, Wva. Living in
Calif. since 67.
Thanks
27 July 2003 - Costa Mesa,Ca
Bob Ward | bmwconsult@aol.com
What a great idea to paint barns as an honor to
Ohioans celebatring 200 years of history! And what a
neat website. It should be more widely publicized,
25 July 2003 - North Carolina
Judy Fruth | BikerB6382@AOL.com
I was very disappointed that you do not have all
the covered bridges. I have been taking photographs of
them for several years, and noted that you have very
few on your web site. You never listed "Goat Island
Bridge" in Minnesota. Several others in Maine,
Alabama, Oregon, and New York were left out as well,
to name a few states. Please let me know when you plan
to complete your coverage of covered bridges. I would
be interested in seeing what you have done. Happy
hunting for those bridges that are "hard to find" and
are located off the main path.
15 July 2003 - Minnesota
Todd & Jill
We stumbled upon your website while hunting Ohio
Bicentennial Barns!! Great site!! 40 down and 48 to
go!!
11 July 2003
Mel and Jane Lane | mel-jane@juno.com
Jane and I stumbled into your site while trying to
decide what to paint on the side of our newly acquired
barn. We gained inspiration from many of the photos
displayed here. I am sending pictures of the flag my
wife painted on the barn yesterday, Thursday the 3 of
July, 2003. Just in time for the 4th and a family
reunion. We would be proud to have it join the many
good looking pictures on your site.
I took the pictures, Jane did the drawing and
painting. She used a technique called "Dry Brush" in
order to make it appear as if it had been painted many
years ago.
4 July 2003 - McCordsville IN
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Bob Hamilton | bhamilton12@cox.net
Fantastic page, excellent pictures! I'd love to
learn more about the history of barns in Ohio and the
mid west.
Thanks
28 June 2003 - Wichita, KS
Cory Stewart
I liked the covered bridges
26 June 2003 - Taylorville, IL
Lois S. Weinman | askum67@aol.com
Wonderful "site". One photograph is better than the
last and they are all fantastic. Gives me some great
ideas for my watercolors. Have always had a penchant
for "Barns". Hopefully they will not all disappear
from our landscape. Thank you for sharing.
21 June 2003 - Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Fred and Brenda Copeland | Brendamcopeland@aol.com
We have become so excited about barns since our
purchase of a mini farm in 1998. The old barn
certainly has endeared herself to us. We were able to
attend the Friends of Ohio Barns 4th convention and
learned many interesting things such as how to date
our barns age. We had been chosen to be the
Bicentennial barn for Miami County in 1999 and have
had a great time sharing our barn with our community
with dancing every week. Now we are planning an event
for the community to be Oct. 4th, 2003 and must hurry
to finish come new internal construction. Money is
always an issue but our love for the old structure
overcomes that somehow. We have had small miracles
happen to assist in her reconstruction. We Ohioians
must save our barns.
6 June 2003 - Miami county at 4080 State Route 48,
West Milton, Ohio
Sarah
I was happy to see the picture of the Ashland
Bicentennial Barn #2 (the unofficial one). My
great-grandfather and grandpa built that barn in the
1940s--one of many in the area. Wish I knew more about
which ones. Neat site! Love old barns.
2 June 2003 - Ashland, Ohio
Sue | Trouble0315@aol.com
I am getting married and I am having a western
wedding and I am looking for a barn to get married in.
Does anyone know of a barn to rent for a wedding and
reception? Anywhere in Northeast Ohio area.
29 May 2003 - Northeast Ohio
Sheila Ferrell / Signs | sgnldy2003@yahoo.com
What a great site! Especially for the talented and
gifted people who create such work! Is there any way
to find out who the artists/creators of these works
are? Wish it was in the "notes" section or
something... Will try to send a picture soon of the
giant peach water tower in Clanton, Alabama. It is
VERY realistic and well done. It even has a big peach
leaf attached! Clanton, Alabama is the home of Chilton
county peaches, some of the best peaches in the world,
we think! Thanx again for such an amazing site!
18 May 2003
Christine Hall-Keller | amecu@raex.com
I have loved Mail Pouch barns for many years &
now thanks to your website I can find so many more. I
have seen many of the barns in my area & found
some I didn't know were even there. This is great. My
father found this & couldn't wait to show me - now
I'm hooked. My favorites are the very old, practically
falling down MP barns - I wish I could save them all
for everyone in the future to see. Even my 15 year old
son thinks its neat to look for barns (even though he
has teased me for years that I'm "weird about those
stupid barns" but now he looks just as hard as I do!
Thanks again for a great site!
18 May 2003 - Alliance OH
Roland James | rmj@infinet.com
I am an architect and I have been asked "What is
that pointed overhang at the peak of a barn roof
called?" Where the hoist for the loft is attached. I
have come across one book that calls this detail a
'hood'. This seems OK, but I think there is probably a
more specific (older) name for it. Any information is
appreciated.
9 May 2003
Terry Shreffler | tshreffler@ameritech.net
What a great site! I found it during the winter
after I retired. I've been taking pictures of Mail
Pouch barns for almost 18 years now.
I received my membership last week and plan on
submitting a couple of pictures that you don't have on
the web. The updates to the website are great.
I own a GPS, so will have fun locating the
barns.
7 May 2003 - Columbus, OH
Dale Frangos | dfrangos@ameritech.net
What a joy it was to find your site! I appreciate
your work and effort to make and keep it current. Best
wishes to you.
29 April 2003 - Mentor, Ohio
JACK HOVAN | JHOVAN8315@AOL .COM
I AM SO GLAD THAT SOME ONE OR PERSONS PUT THIS SITE
TOGETHER .. NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING TO DO ON THE
WEEKEND. THANKS
28 March 2003 - BROOK PARK
Rob Hupp | hupp.1@osu.edu | www.cacubo.org
I would like to thank Mike MacCarter for allowing
the Central Association of College and University
Business Officers (CACUBO) to use his photographs of
the Ohio Bicentennial Barns during our annual
convention at Columbus, Ohio in October 2003.
Having the convention in Ohio during its
Bicentennial celebration has given CACUBO the
opportunity to show other college and university
business officers, outside of Ohio, the uniqueness
that makes Ohio great.
Mike's photographs will add the perfect touch to
our convention floor contest.
25 March 2003 - The Ohio State University, Columbus
Ohio
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Laurie
I'm doing research - your page was very helpful.
What beauty the old barns are.
19 March 2003
cheryl enyart | trayne1837inc@yahoo.com
I stumbled upon this page and stayed and stayed and
stayed. I love Mail Pouch barns, I made me a birdhouse
Mail Pouch barn from Memory. Just think I could have
looked here and had all sorts of them to choose from.
I also love covered bridges. I am so sorry to see so
many gone . That is a real part of the american
culture. Barns and Coveredbridges
18 March 2003 - Gallipolis, Gallia Co. , Ohio
Suzanne Allen | pegasuspaints@aol.com
Just read about Rick Campbell and his barn photos
in the Morrow Co. Sentinel. He mentioned this website.
It's great! My cousin, a fellow teacher, and a couple
other friends are trying to take photos of all the
Ohio Bicentennial barns. We're scrapbooking them for
local Bicentennial events.
26 January 2003 - Mt. Gilead, Ohio