Friends of Ohio Barns to hold Ohio Barn Conference in Tuscarawas County

Friends of Ohio Barns (FOB) will hold its 23nd annual barn tour and conference in Tuscarawas County April 25-27. Registration includes an all day bus tour of barns and lunch Friday, plus Saturday's conference featuring educational presentations, lunch, Barn of the Year awards, member meeting and the silent auction.

Reservations are required and available online only at https://www.friendsofohiobarns.org/annual-conference.

To kick off the conference Thursday afternoon, guests can tour the Ernest Warther Museum and Gardens followed by a tour of the Reeves House. Included in the cost is wine and cheese tasting in the carriage house.

Friday's barn bus tour includes a dairy barn with some unusual features. After lunch will be a chance to see a functional spring house dated the same as the double crib log barn on the property. Participants will travel the county to see other historic timber framed barns.

Guests may donate items for the silent auction, which raises funds to help defray conference costs.

Friends of Ohio Barns is nonprofit membership-based organization created to promote awareness of the significance of Ohio’s historic barns through educational opportunities that bring together barn owners, barn lovers and folks who believe in the stewardship of Ohio barns.

Visit http://www.friendsofohiobarns.org/annual-conference for more information and to register for the Friends Ohio Barn Conference. For information or questions, email friendsohiobarns@gmail.com.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Friends of Ohio Barns to hold conference, tour in Tuscarawas County