Barn News and Events
| Post Date | News |
| 9/30/2011 | 2011 Farm Tour The annual Harvest Celebration Farm Tours will take place this weekend. Read the article for more information. |
| 6/13/2011 | MAC holds Dungeness Historic Homes Tour On Saturday, June 19 the MAC will host a self-guided tour of historic homes and barns in the Dungeness area. Read the article for more details. |
| 3/30/2011 | Farmland trust, Nash Huber host farm tour It will be a busy weekend in the middle of May. Read the article for more informmation. |
| 2/20/2011 | New BARN MAP! A map of barns has been added to this site. Now you can look up that old barn you saw last weekend, simply by finding its location. Other changes have been made to the site, and more barns have been added. There may be some goofs but we are fixing them as fast as we can. Please bare with us, and don't hesitate to let us know what you think. |
| 1/26/2011 | NOLT offers conservation tour North Olympic Land Trust offers monthly conservation tours beginning Saturday, Jan. 29. Read the full article. |
| 1/17/2011 | Farms & Barns at the MAC A new exhibit at the Museum and Arts Center spotlights one of Sequim’s earliest economic foundations. "Farms & Barns to 1916," opens Friday, Jan. 21, at the MAC Exhibit Center, 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim. Read the full article. |
| 9/30/2010 | Super-Busy Barn Weekend! Check your local papers for information on the 14th Annual Harvest Celebration and Farm Tour, the WTHP barn preservation workshop, and the CCHS History Tales barn presentation. |
| 9/15/2010 | Heritage Barn Register Workshop The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation hosts a free workshop from 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Old Dungeness Schoolhouse for barn owners wishing to learn more about the Heritage Barn Preservation Initiative and to assist with the heritage barn nomination form and grant application |
| 9/7/2010 | Barn Talk at CCHS Join Cat Bennett and Bob Clark on Sunday, October 3rd, for a short presentation on the barns of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley. It’s part of the Clallam County Historical Society’s History Tales series, and is free to all. |
| 8/18/2010 | Clallam County Fair this Weekend Lot's to see and do at this year'sCounty Fair. August 19-22. |
| 8/6/2010 | Museum Field Day The annual MAC Field Day will be Saturday, August 14th. See historic farm equipment, tour collection storage, and learn more about the MAC. There will also be music, food and kid's activities. Free admission. |
| 7/7/2010 | Cline Barn Remodel
The Cline barn in Dungeness is getting a make-over. Read more in the Sequim Gazette. |
| 5/26/2010 | Grants save Finn Hall Farm Finn Hall Farm, a 60-acre working farm in the Dungeness Valley, is on track to receive permanent protection thanks to [the work of] the North Olympic Land Trust [and] Friends of the Fields.(Excerpt from the Sequim Gazette article) |
| 3/30/2010 | We have BOOKS from Amazon We've added books and toys to our Gift Shop! Come and check our selection from amazon.com. |
| 2/17/2010 | Historic Trust Seeks Barns The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation seeks nominations to its 2010 Most Endangered Historic Properties list. Nomination forms are at the Trust's Web site, http://www.wa-trust.org/. Nominations are due Monday, March 15, and the list will be announced in May. (Excerpt from the Sequim Gazette article) |
| 11/26/2009 | Barns and History "Barns and Farms" will be one of the lecctures presented during the Olympic Peninsula History Class, winter quarter, Peninsula College. Check out the MUSEUM LECTURE SERIES on the college website for dates and times. |
| 5/30/2009 | Barn Art at the MAC The Museum and Arts Center (MAC) is holding a special exhibit of Barn Art during the month of June, 2009 at 175 West Cedar Street, Sequim. All art featured will be the work of local artists, with a focus on local barns. If you appreciate old barns you must stop by and see this collection. |
| 4/21/2009 | Call for Barn Art The Museum & Arts Center is now accepting entries for their special exhibit of Barn Art, which will be on display throughout June 2009 at the Exhibit Building. Check their website for more information. (And yes, I will be there.) |
| 2/23/2009 | Expanded Friends List I have expanded the Friends and Sponsors list to include all the wonderful barn lovers who have written to me over the years. |
| 2/6/2009 | New Server We have moved to a new server. There may be a few glitches with the site over the next week or so, but overall things should be running smoother now. If you wrote to me within the last month, please write again as the email is now working properly. |
| 8/14/2008 | Agnew Barn Coming Down The barn at Barr and Franson is being demolished. I was notified of this just in time to get some final pictures of the destruction in progress. |
| 4/10/2008 | Visit to May Barn I have had a chance to visit the May Barn on Old Olympic, and take lots of new pictures. |
| 1/25/2008 | Mantle Barn is Gone After two months of piecemeal demolition, the barn at Mantle's Corner is finally down. Barn wood is available to anyone who wants to carry it off. |
| 11/12/2007 | Mantle Barn to Come Down I have received notice that Mantle's Corner, the barn at Henery's Nursery, will be torn down. |
| 9/27/2007 | 3rd Street Barn is Gone The barn on 3rd Street by Dominion Terrace has been torn down. |
| 7/10/2007 | Barns in Studio Tour Sequim Arts is presenting an Studio Tour in conjunction with this year's Lavender Festival. I will be participating, with my Dungeness Barns. Stop by to see my work, and talk about your favorite barns. Tour dates are July 20 thru 22. |
| 5/6/2007 | Priest Barn Torn Down The historic Priest Barn in Sequim is being torn down. The process started in January with weather taking out most of the south roof of the building. |
| 9/27/2006 | Visit to Cays Barn I have had a chance to visit the Arthur Cays Barn north of Woodcock, and take lots of new pictures. |
| 9/26/2006 | Barns in the Gazette The Sequim Gazette has published a feature article about my barns, titled "Beauty and History Under the Rafters." |
| 9/25/2006 | Stares' Barn is Gone The Stares' Barn near Sunland has been torn down. |
| 8/18/2006 | Jones Barn Town Down The Jones Barn by Sequim Bay is being torn down for a housing development. |
| 6/6/2005 | Sequim Barn Demolished This Sequim barn on 5th street is being torn down today. It was one of the last few remaining barns within the downtown area. |
| 11/27/2004 | New Barns Site Launched This web site is launched. Photographs and paintings of local barns will be featured, along with historic notes about each structure. |
| 5/15/2004 | Barns at the MAC
The painting series Barns of the Dungeness Valley has its first showing this month at the Museum and Arts Center. |