It finally happened! The barn we have enjoyed every time we drive to our local kids and the one we can see from their driveway views collapsed on June 11th of 2026!
We’ve all been wondering for a few years now once it started to lean.
Laura created this collage of the barn in April and the beginning of June.
In the distance you can see the barn when it was in pretty good shape.
Another view of the barn in the distance.
Here’s a recent post about the leaning barn.
I’m looking forward to a new week with less obligations than we’ve had in the past 10 days. Whew! Hope all is well in your corner.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
…all good things come to an end. It shared a gorgeous landscape for years and the beauty of the landscape continues.
I love old barns! It is always sad when they finally collapse. But it is still beautiful in its own way.
Hello,
The barn was bound to fall, it was really leaning too far.
I love the scene in the last photo.
Take care, enjoy your day and happy weekend.
It sounds like you have had a busy but enjoyable week. I always find I am happy to slow down for a breather, though my breathing spaces are getting longer these days, and I say that with a smile. Sad to see the old barn finally collapse. They are such things of beauty and even in their decline are still beautiful. I have enjoyed your old barn. Super photos Ellen. Happy weekend to you all.
I wonder if people will disassemble what remains of the [now collapsed] old barn. Years ago some of the wood from an old barn in my family was distributed to family members so we could do artsy things with it. I hand-painted red poppies for a country decor sign in my house. My nephew used some of the boards to create a rustic picture frame for a large painting of a beached row boat. Both projects turned out well.
Wow, it finally fell! Thanks for sharing this.
Oh no! So sad it wasn’t preserved. We pass a red barn that dates back to the 30s everytime we drve to Denver International Airport. It is abandoned and fenced off as the land it is on was once farmland but is now owned by the iarport. I think there are plans to eventually move it to a nearby community to be refurbished and usedas a gathering place.
Oh, my, after years of leaning and standing the test of time, the old barn finally laid down to rest!
Do you know what type of wood it was built from? Around here, any old redwood is prized for using to build something else. But I think it’s becoming less common.
It’s fascinating to see the gradual decline and leaning of that barn!
I do not know the type of wood it was built from. We don’t have redwoods in this area but we have a lot of Douglas Fir. We’ve been watching this barn for almost 10 years!