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Friday, May 21, 2021

SkyWatch Friday - Falling Creek Park


Falling Creek Park . Bedford . Va


Last week Nick and I picked up some lunch and took it over to this park and have a picnic. This is a great park with miles and miles of trails but what I loved most of all was this old barn.  I tried and tried to find info on it but really only found that it is known as the “1936 Red Barn” or the “County Farm Barn”.


“According to a Virginia DHR architectural survey form, the red barn is a local landmark in the area and was constructed at a cost of $5,000. It was considered a modern, “model” structure. On the property, livestock was raised, sold and boarded from many area family farms, cereal grains sold and significant purchases made from local businesses.”

(Copied from The News Advance)


I did find some neat links though!

Old Virginia Newspapers

Barns of Bedford Project


Linking up with SkyWatch Friday


TGIF 🙂







8 comments:

  1. Wow, and it even looks like it has a tin roof!

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  2. A pretty view of a nice looking barn. It looks great with the clouds passing over it.

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  3. A barn for $5000 - that sounds pretty good to me

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  4. So, this was built in 1936? It's a beautiful barn and has stood the test of time.

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  5. Beautiful barn! Here a county farm was a sort of poorhouse operation where indigent and disabled people were able to live and contribute to their sustenance by working on the farm.

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