Heading south from the rest area with the Shenandoah marker, I saw an Ohio Bicentennial barn on the east side of I-77. I also saw one west of Columbus on I-70 earlier on November 21st.
Information from Ohio History Central site.
In 1997, the Ohio Bicentennial Commission selected Scott Hagan to paint at least one barn in each of Ohio's 88 counties with the bicentennial logotype.
He began in 1997 and completed the last one September 2002, in time for the celebration in 2003. Hagan would sketch the image on each barn by hand so no two are exactly alike.
During the course of his work, he used 100 paint brushes, 645 gallons of paint and put on over 65,000 miles on his truck.
All barns, and they were of all types, were still standing in 2003 for the bicentennial except one. In 1998, a tornado destroyed the one in Ottawa County. Hagan painted a second one in 2001.
Love 'Dem Barns-- BarnDog
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