Abstract:
The current steady demise of Wisconsin's barns has created a strong interest in one Wisconsin county to preserve the history of its barns and increase publicity for the dwindling Wisconsin icon. Citizens believe that Wisconsin barns hold deep historical significance including the dreams, struggles, hopes, and pride of communities along with having a great importance to the state's beautiful landscape. This has caused a citizen-based initiative to catalog all of its county's barns via photograph. This project attempts to increase the publicity of these barns by creating an easily accessible website with a navigable map used to show the location of these barns along with an attached photo. This project hopes to increase awareness of Wisconsin barns and establish a documented historical archive which can be utilized for many years to come.
