I had a wonderful week taking care of my nieces in Batavia, Illinois which is in the Fox River Valley southwest of Chicago. Below are photos of some beautiful barns in the area like the one at Mooseheart shown above.

To learn how you can help preserve barns in Missouri, contact Bill Hart, Field Representative of the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation at 314/691-1941 or at mpfieldservices@yahoo.com.

Bill has organized a statewide alliance, Missouri BARN, to draw attention to the plight of our highly endangered agricultural buildings. Bill will also be talking about this initiative and showing his extensive collection of barn photos from around the state on Friday, March 12 at noon at Architecture St. Louis. For more information on Bill’s talk, click here.

Barns and farms of the Fox Valley in Illinois: