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Restoring the Rasche Barn! |
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| This Adams County, Illinois barn, located near Camp Point, is owned by Jeff & Shelly Rasche. It was originally built in 1912 as a show barn for cattle. Over the years the large & unique cupola, complete with eight sets of double-hung windows and fish scale shingle siding, had decayed, caused the roof to sag, and finally been replaced with a metal vent (seen in the picture below right). The next two pictures below show the condition of the barn when it was purchased in 2002 by the Rasches. | |||||
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| The pictures that follow give you a glimpse of the barn as it was restored. It was fun!!! Today it is occupied by on the downstairs level by miniature donkeys, ducks, and cats; the upstairs level serves as Shelly's warehouse for her artwork supplies, shipping materials, product samples, and merchandise for sale. | |||||
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| Here are some views from the lift while we painted...the time flew by, we worked hard, and the next thing we knew...it was done! |
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