The Greensboro area still has many structures from the last century, reminding us of our rural roots. The above photo of a tobacco barn was taken on Highway 220 North, north of Greensboro and near Stokesdale. It is a fairly typical tobacco barn, about 20' x 20' square, with a tin roof and built of hewn logs and mortar. In the 1950's, there were half a million in this area, which was part of the tobacco belt. Growing tobacco was one of North Carolina's primary crops. You may remember names like Winston, Salem, Lucky Strike, and Kool. Those were some of our local tobacco products. They all got there start in a barn similar to the one in the above photo.
Today, tobacco growing has decreased and only an estimated 50,000 tobacco barns remain in North Carolina.* The exterior view of the above tobacco barn appears to be in pretty good shape. It will be interesting to see if it gets restored or if it falls in the hands of crafters who will dismantle it for the wood. It is doubtful that it is still used for tobacco. It sure evokes nostalgia for yesteryear. Do you have any memories of curing tobacco or working in the barns?
Today is ABC Wednesday and for ABC Round 20, their final round, B is for Barn, specifically Tobacco Barns.
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Lovely reminders of past time... barns like these we don't have here, thankfully you do and share it with others to see
Have a nice ABC-Wednesday / _ Week
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Posted by: Melody Steenkamp | Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 06:44 AM
Great shot of the Tobacco Barn for B ~ thanks,
Wishing you a Happy Week ahead ~ ^_^
Posted by: artmusedog and carol | Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 10:32 AM
The barn looks like a humble country cottage. Appealing design.
Posted by: Gemma Wiseman | Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 03:47 PM
An interesting view of the past. I have seen what was a tobacco warehouse by the Liverpool docks which was built at the beginning of the 20th century (biggest brick warehouse in Europe), I wonder if any of it ended up in there.
Posted by: Joy | Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 04:29 PM
Very unusual to my eyes. Hopefully places like this can find new uses as they are.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at 04:33 PM
Looks like it's from the century before that!
ROG, ABCW
Posted by: Roger Green | Friday, January 20, 2017 at 06:46 PM
I love seeing old buildings and learning the history of them. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Pat B | Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 12:02 PM
The barn is beautiful - you can almost touch its history. That said, I hope one day, there will be no tobacco fields.
Posted by: Carol Carson | Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 01:22 PM
Pretty picture
There is a "Letter Writing Challenge" starting from the 30th of January. It would be amazing if you could participate.
Here is the link for it, if it interests you
Posted by: Mrs.DAsh | Monday, January 23, 2017 at 03:54 AM