LOGAN – The Hocking County Historical Society is holding an online auction of historic barn paintings to benefit 10 historical societies throughout Ohio, including those in the following counties: Shelby, Champaign, Fulton, Stark, Portage, Ashland, Summit, Wood, Ross and Hocking. Each historical society currently displays seven to eight of the paintings. The paintings, oil impasto, are done on a Masonite panel and framed in rustic barn siding, made by the artist and author, Robert Kroeger. The barn paintings and their stories are featured in the recently released book, "Round Barns of America," available in bookstores and through online retailers. The auction is on biddingowl.com and under the Hocking County Historical Society. It runs from May 1 to May 31.
The 72 paintings feature 11 round barns in Ohio, including Stark County’s Timken barn and Lancaster’s round barn in the county fairgrounds as well as the oldest documented round barn, built by President George Washington in 1794. Each round barn has a story to tell, a look at early America from the East Coast to the Wild West.
