MONROE - The Green County Historical Society and the Monroe Public Library will present the film "Wisconsin Barns: Stories of Wood and Stone," along with a discussion, at 6 p.m. Nov. 9 at the library, free of charge. All are welcome.
The Green County Barn Inventory began in the spring of 2016. Initial meetings were held in advance of the spring start to inform the public about the barn inventory, how to conduct the survey and why the barn inventory needs to be done.
Over the past decade, many Green County barns have been torn down because they were no longer needed. Sitting empty and unused, these barns became a legal liability, potential fire hazard and expensive to keep up if the barns are not producing any income for the owners.
The survey utilizes instructional booklets and forms that a project in Michigan used when similar surveys were conducted in various Michigan counties. The towns of Mt. Pleasant, Washington and Brooklyn are completed. Surveys are currently underway in the towns of Exeter, New Glarus, Adams, Jordan and Cadiz.
The inventory teams do their inventory after the leaves fall and continue until the trees again leaf out in April. These times were picked so that teams would have the most unobstructed view of the barns and other farm buildings.
Barn owners, once they learn of the barn inventory, have been very cooperative in working with the inventory crews, often passing on information about former occupants, ages of the buildings and other highlights of the barns' histories.
The Green County Historical Society barn inventory committee is still seeking volunteers in the townships that currently don't have volunteers. Once the inventory is completed, the information will be placed on the Green County Historical Society website and will be able to be searched in several different ways.
Find more information about the Green County Barn Inventory Project at http://www.greencountywihistoricalsociety.org.
The Green County Barn Inventory began in the spring of 2016. Initial meetings were held in advance of the spring start to inform the public about the barn inventory, how to conduct the survey and why the barn inventory needs to be done.
Over the past decade, many Green County barns have been torn down because they were no longer needed. Sitting empty and unused, these barns became a legal liability, potential fire hazard and expensive to keep up if the barns are not producing any income for the owners.
The survey utilizes instructional booklets and forms that a project in Michigan used when similar surveys were conducted in various Michigan counties. The towns of Mt. Pleasant, Washington and Brooklyn are completed. Surveys are currently underway in the towns of Exeter, New Glarus, Adams, Jordan and Cadiz.
The inventory teams do their inventory after the leaves fall and continue until the trees again leaf out in April. These times were picked so that teams would have the most unobstructed view of the barns and other farm buildings.
Barn owners, once they learn of the barn inventory, have been very cooperative in working with the inventory crews, often passing on information about former occupants, ages of the buildings and other highlights of the barns' histories.
The Green County Historical Society barn inventory committee is still seeking volunteers in the townships that currently don't have volunteers. Once the inventory is completed, the information will be placed on the Green County Historical Society website and will be able to be searched in several different ways.
Find more information about the Green County Barn Inventory Project at http://www.greencountywihistoricalsociety.org.
