The Hancock County Historical Society in Carthage  Needs Pictures!

FINAL CALL FOR BARN PICTURES

The Hancock County Historical Society in Carthage continues to prepare a book entitled
A History of Barns and Structures in Hancock County, Illinois from 1830-1930+. Volunteer
staff members are presently working on this project.
Barns in Hancock County are disappearing in our area from weather, no longer used
barns being torn down. Our goal is to have a book with pictures of those barns from that era.
We need to have pictures (if available), who built the barn (if known), location of the barn and description of the barn type with uses for the barn and present owner. We are also including photos of buildings used in the farming process such as cribs, silos, machine sheds or other  items used on the farm during that period of time. We want to preserve the agriculture pictures and descriptions of the early barns to have as a nice reference of the county’s farms so future generations will be able to learn about agricultural methods in the past since farms have  changed over the earlier years and many farms, machinery and methods have changed over the past 100+ years of the county existing.
Please send your write-up and photos to Hancock County Historical Society, 306 Walnut
St., Carthage, IL 62321 or e-mail info@hancockcountyhistory.com. The cutoff date will be
February 1, 2024. We are closed the month of December. Please be a part of history by
helping preserve the barns and structures of Hancock County, IL.