CFFC: Abandoned Buildings or Barns
In the early 2000s, there were a lot of old, nearly collapsed barns and sheds, as well as long-abandoned mills. Since then many old wooden mills have burned down, but anything reasonably solid was renovated and converted. Many old mills have been turned into senior housing or a business or shopping venue. Most barns have been renovated. They are still barns, just not falling down.
It would seem that the value of a barn to too important to let it collapse. We have barns in great condition that date back to the early 1700s.
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As a kid on the prairies I used to skulk around a few abandoned homesteads. I gotta say some of those places gave me the creeps. But they are definitely great subject matter for photography.
Nice work.
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They really are. I find them creepy too and I’m always afraid I’ll catch a disease if I get too close. But yup, great pictures. The older, the better.
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Oh your photos are fantastic this week. Thanks Marilyn 😀
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You are most welcome, Cee. I went through a “barn” phase when I photographed every barn I could find. It’s amazing that almost all of those old buildings have been renovated and look close to new.
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Great shots, especially the snowy ones! It’s interesting that the dilapidated barns are the most photogenic albeit least useful!
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Thank you. It would seem the owners thought they were useful enough to fully renovate them. All of them, except one which I think really did collapse, though it was a shed rather than a barn, have been renovated — beautifully renovated at that. Apparently it’s still cheaper to renovate an existing old barn than to build a new one.
Old things photograph better than new things, except maybe for people, although that’s a matter of opinion 😀
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Hi Marilyn,these barns are made of planks of wood, from the look of them. I suppose that makes them more susceptible to weather if the wood isn’t treated. The barns I’ve seen locally are built of brick and they are quite resilient even when abandoned.
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They were all renovated. Brick is not really popular for big buildings in this region. Other parts of the country often use metal pre-fab structures, but here, it is almost always wood. They do treat the wood, too. I think the wood is considered more friendly to the animals that live in it and blends with all the other structures. I can see where a brick building would hold up better to bad weather, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a brick barn in New England. Maybe it’s an economic issue? We have a lot more wood than other areas.
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That makes sense. We don’t have much available wood in the Highveld in South Africa.
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Until this insane inflation hit, wood was relatively cheap — even high quality wood for building furniture. Right now, it’s wildly expensive, but everything is ridiculously expensive, even things like dog food.
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I know, it’s the same here in South Africa.
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