Where is the texas am barn

I then fired ten of these to stack them all together to show the progression of fast moving clouds, which were indeed early morning fog burning out. A small dot along Highway 6 between College Station and Waco. The Town of Reagan once had several cotton gins, banks and mercantile stores but the town dried up when cotton was no longer a primary crop for the area.

Several years ago, work started to transform Hwy 6 from a two-lane to a four-lane highway. This work included a by-pass around Reagan. The alignment of the by-pass put the road right through the Aggie Barn. About a year before construction, Joe found out about the proposed alignment and contacted the son of Mr.

Thaggard Kirkpatrick regarding the plan for the barn. The son did not have any plans to move the barn and Joe would be welcome to move it if he wanted it. He also stated that he had been contacted about the barn being relocated to College Station or elsewhere on his property, but declined to keep the barn on his property due to liability reasons.

Joe and Tressa decided to move it to their property rather than letting it be moved out of Reagan or possibly demolished. As time passed and the start of construction drew near, Joe made a deal to purchase the barn. One week before the barn was to be demolished in September , we had an area house mover haul the center section of the barn down Hwy 6, approximately.

This is the Aggie Barn's current location. The barn sat in the middle of a vacant field and looked ugly for about a year.

In , our time was limited and hard to devote to the reconstruction and renovation of the barn until early There is never a shortage of old rotten lumber or missing boards that need replacing when working on a hundred year old structure that has been a feed storage and a rat castle for many of the last 50 years. Instagram Image. View Profile.

Post a Comment. Love the lighting and clouds in this rural Texas image Beautifully done! Very nice capture.

Nice capture! A great one for all those Aggie fans! This is just plain cool Impressive shot. Add To Cart. This item is currently out of stock. To receive a notification if the item becomes available, enter your email address below.

Notify Me. Download Size Chart. Download Product Warranty Information. You May Also Like. You must be logged in to write a product review. Log In. Check Store Availability. Campus Life Almost Home The Aggie Barn has served as the gateway to Aggieland for those driving south on Highway 6 since its first maroon and white makeover in Share 5.

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