OLD BARN № 029

Several years ago, a rusty roof played peek-a-boo with me as I drove down a particular stretch of rural highway. It was situated on a large tract of land which looked to be at least 25 acres (10 hectares) or more. The property was overgrown with scrubby brush and small trees, as if it had been used as a pasture in its heyday, but this purpose had long been abandoned. It was so overgrown that I couldn't tell much about the structure under the roof or how large it might be.

Even though the property was obviously not being used, I hesitated to go up there to inspect the rusty roof that keep beckoning to me because there was an inhabited house right across the road. One day, though, it just looked and "felt" right for a brief jaunt up the hill to the roof, which looked to be maybe 300 feet (90 meters) off the road.

When I got up there, it wasn't a conventional "barn" at all, but a rather small shed-like structure. Being that it was situated in a one-time pasture, though, it could have held a salt-lick for cattle, or some hay, or some sort of farming implements for repairing fences and such. It could have even been a pump-house for a well, for providing water to the cattle or horses that grazed in the pasture.

I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't any bigger, but when I later reported my finding to a friend and showed her the photo, she exclaimed, "It's a baby barn!" and that made me feel better! 😁

I did not think to make a photo from the road, looking up to where the "baby barn" was located. Looking at a current screenshot from Google Maps "Street View," the baby barn is no longer visible. I am not sure if it is no longer standing or if the trees (which are much taller than they were when I photographed the barn) are hiding the structure. I edited the roof of the barn into the screenshot to simulate what I saw when I first discovered it.

^{_{simulated recreation of the property, screenshot from Google Maps}}