The Gindler barn, dating to pre-Civil War years, was repaired and restored at its new site, Willoughby Heritage Farm & Conservation Reserve. A collaborative effort among volunteers, members of the Timber Framers Guild, and Trillium Dell Timberworks, the 36-by-85-foot barn was reassembled during a two-week project in July 2008.

Pictured below (left to right):

Mr. Gindler points out features of the barn, a crowd of onlookers celebrates, Henry Wallace & Mark Badasch (CARD) toast a sucessful and safe raising.

Photos of the project are also posted on the CARD Web site,www.collinsvillerec.org/GindlerBarn.html

Willoughby Heritage farm and Conservation Reserve is a 40-acre site that was purchased with an Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation 2000 grant. Visitors to the farm are able to immerse themselves in a 1940s era working farm with an important addition - modern day renewable energy technologies and resource conservation practices.

Read an article about the Gindler barn from Scantlings, the member newsletter of the Timber Framers Guild.