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Twilight Remnants!

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Real Estate Agent with Janisch & Co. 0396361

falling barn

 

As we travel up and down rural roads, we see more and more changes.

 

We have passed this barn innumerable numbers of times over more than thirty years.  

 

The area around it is developing at a rapid rate.

 

It now has a new elementary school on one side and a huge church on the other.

 

For many years now the structure has been showing signs of deterioration.

 

It is clearly deserted now and there is a sense of sadness about it.  It screams to us from the mid pasture locale.

 

I have wondered about the how's and whys of its abandonment.  Where did the people who loved it and maintained it go?  

 

How many happy animals did the structure protect over how many years?  What changed?

 

One can not help but see that this barn is in its twilight days.  It has served someone well.  It has stood thru many years of storms.

 

We wonder when a wind or other natural disaster will bring the remaining structure down .

 

It looks as though it may be too late to save the structure.  That looks like a huge waste of material.

 

Since the structure sits in the middle of a large acreage fringed with large trees,  the land probably will be either a small development soon.  There will probably be a Realtor in this property's future.  This land has a lot of potential .  Someone is paying taxes and getting nothing back!

 

I wonder if the barn feels as forlorn as it looks.  We hope not.  It still makes a striking statement about its past.  Being a part of history seems to come with a price.  

 

It is our hope that the owners get to enjoy their memories along with a substantial profit.

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Ron Marshall
Marshall Enterprises - Saint Michael, MN
Birdhouse Builder Extraordinaire

I hate to see the old barns come down, but when they do, I try to see if I can salvage the barn wood for my birdhouses.  That way, it live again to shelter animals. 

May 24, 2012 08:34 AM
Ralph Janisch ABR CRS Broker
Janisch & Co. - Conroe, TX
Selling Northwest Houston to good people like you!

I like that Ron!  I may have to learn how to build birdhouses.

May 24, 2012 08:45 AM
Dr. Paula McDonald
Beam & Branch Realty - Granbury, TX
Granbury, TX 936-203-0279

Oh the stories those walls could tell.  It may be rickety but it's holding it's own.  It is a beautiful picture.

May 24, 2012 08:47 AM
Ralph Janisch ABR CRS Broker
Janisch & Co. - Conroe, TX
Selling Northwest Houston to good people like you!

Yes Paula, we'd love to have a time machine to go back and see/hear the barn's story!  Thanks!

May 24, 2012 08:53 AM