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This is a Rock City Barn. It is located along I-40 (north side, near Kingston, Tennessee on Buttermilk Road) Roane County Tennessee U.S.A.
Since 1935, Rock City Barns have stood as genuine highway Americana, their bold white-on-black signs compelling both snowbirds and Sunday drivers to a spot near Chattanooga, Tennessee, where they could “See Rock City”.
In 2012, Rock City marked the 77th anniversary since the barns first appeared as advertising icons, fewer than 100 remain out of a rural network that once numbered near 900. Clark Byers painted the barns for three decades and became a legend in his own right by braving bulls, slippery roofs and lightning bolts. When he retired in 1969, he had painted some 900 barns in 19 states. He died in 2004. His successor, Jerry Cannon, has handled the brushwork on the barns Rock City still maintains.
Today, spotting one of these ever-recognizable structures not only gives tourists a look at a historic landmark, but takes them on a nostalgic jaunt back to a time when motorists drove blacktop lanes in search of family fun.
Here is a link to a site with the remaining Rock City Barns. I used this to find the ones I photographed. www.ohiobarns.com/otherbarns/r…
Since 1935, Rock City Barns have stood as genuine highway Americana, their bold white-on-black signs compelling both snowbirds and Sunday drivers to a spot near Chattanooga, Tennessee, where they could “See Rock City”.
In 2012, Rock City marked the 77th anniversary since the barns first appeared as advertising icons, fewer than 100 remain out of a rural network that once numbered near 900. Clark Byers painted the barns for three decades and became a legend in his own right by braving bulls, slippery roofs and lightning bolts. When he retired in 1969, he had painted some 900 barns in 19 states. He died in 2004. His successor, Jerry Cannon, has handled the brushwork on the barns Rock City still maintains.
Today, spotting one of these ever-recognizable structures not only gives tourists a look at a historic landmark, but takes them on a nostalgic jaunt back to a time when motorists drove blacktop lanes in search of family fun.
Here is a link to a site with the remaining Rock City Barns. I used this to find the ones I photographed. www.ohiobarns.com/otherbarns/r…
Image size
2300x1544px 2.38 MB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D3000
Shutter Speed
125/100000 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
190 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Aug 16, 2012, 1:02:49 PM
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I have seen many of the barns, and live very close to the mountain where Rock City is, and as a child my family used to go there every year, as well as to every other local attraction which we got in for free.
I didn't know the story of the man who painted the barns, in fact because they were so common to see, I never gave it much thought. The barns were just there.
I didn't know the story of the man who painted the barns, in fact because they were so common to see, I never gave it much thought. The barns were just there.