July 13 & 14, 2013 Welcome to the 6th Annual Whiteside County Barn Tour!
The 2013 tour begins at the RKR & Associates, 9585 Henry Road, Morrison, where you will find our first barn. RKR is a landscape nursery so be sure and check out the beautifully landscaping around the property, too. The tour will include a total of ten barns and one historic site. Leaving RKR, barn enthusiasts will meander west towards barns 2-5. You will see a variety of interesting architectural styles in the first five barns. The Whiteside County Cattleman's Association will be grilling hamburgers and hotdogs at barn #5. Seating will be available for you to enjoy your lunch. After lunch, you will visit barn #6 that will also have antique farm equipment on display. Stop #7 is a historical site - the Albany Indian Mounds. Originally made up of 96 burial mounds, the site is older than either the Cahokia or Dickson Mounds. The site has a parking lot and picnic shelter, walking trails, and interpretive signs. The tour concludes with four more barns. Along with the barns, you will see more antique farm equipment and livestock. |
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Tour Hours: Saturday, July 13, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. & Sunday, July 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Admission: $20 per vehicle-No Advance Sales (admission includes tour book and map)
Tour starts at RKR & Associates-9585 Henry Road, Morrison, Illinois (From Interstate 88, take EXIT 26, the Morrison-Prophetstown exit. Head north on Highway 78 and then turn west on to Black Road. Henry Road will be the first road on your left.) |
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Throughout the Midwest, historians are lamenting the disappearance of barns. The sentimental response to the plight of dying barns goes beyond the rustic appeal of the architecture. A barn is the most easily identifiable feture of early American farms. As such it is symbolic of a way of life rapidly disappearing from the American landscape.
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