In some cases they are rural monuments.
They are simplistic in their design.
They are covered in rustic planks of wood.
Some leak daylight between the boards.
They give us a quick postcard into our past.
![Daylight leaks through the wooden planks near Slippery Rock.](https://i0.wp.com/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/20160502dsBarnsInFocus10-11.jpg?resize=848%2C566)
![Meadow Grove Farm located near Slippery Rock, Pa.](https://i0.wp.com/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/20160502dsBarnsInFocus01.jpg?resize=848%2C546)
![Black and White pattern on a barn in Adams Township.](https://i0.wp.com/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/20160502dsBarnsInFocus09-10.jpg?resize=848%2C506)
![A red and white painted barn south of Moraine State Park.](https://i0.wp.com/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/20160502dsBarnsInFocus08-9.jpg?resize=848%2C566)
![Weathered wood next to the foundation of a barn near Slippery Rock exit of I-79.](https://i0.wp.com/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/20160502dsBarnsInFocus07-8.jpg?resize=848%2C566)
![An old barn is framed with blue and yellow along the Pennsylvania Turnpike west of Cranberry Township.](https://i0.wp.com/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/20160502dsBarnsInFocus06-7.jpg?resize=848%2C363)
![A white barn trimmed in black along Route 30 near Ligonier in Westmoreland County.](https://i0.wp.com/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/20160502dsBarnsInFocus05a-6.jpg?resize=848%2C476)
![A red barn near Chalk Hill in Fayette County.](https://i0.wp.com/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/20160502dsBarnsInFocus04a-4.jpg?resize=848%2C576)
![Ivy grows on the silos and barns near Grove City, Pa.](https://i0.wp.com/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/20160502dsBarnsInFocus03-2.jpg?resize=848%2C494)
![A barn is surrounded with nature near I-79 in Butler County.](https://i0.wp.com/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/photos/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/20160502dsBarnsInFocus02-1.jpg?resize=848%2C503)
In some cases they are rural monuments.
They are simplistic in their design.
They are covered in rustic planks of wood.
Some leak daylight between the boards.
They give us a quick postcard into our past.