Ohio Bicentennial Barns

Ohio Bicentennial Commission

The Ohio General Assembly established the Ohio Bicentennial Commission in 1995 to prepare the State for its 200th Anniversary in 2003.  The commission commemorated the event through a barn painting program, anniversary bells, new license plates and the US Mint. 

Ohio Bicentennial Barns

In 1997, the commission approached 19-year-old Scott Hagan (The Barn Artist) about painting the Ohio Bicentennial 1803 – 2003 Logo on a symbolic barn in each of Ohio’s 88 counties.  In the commission’s final report, they shared that Scott had traveled about 65.000 miles using 650 gallons of paint. 

Though I haven’t found detailed information about barn selection process, from their location, each is located along a main highway or state route.  In a few cases like the Dewine Barn and the Young’s Jersey Dairy Barn, iconic structures on multigeneration family farms seemed to draw emphasis in its final selection. 

Ohio Bicentennial Barn Fine Art Prints

25 years after the barns were commissioned, I began capturing them with my camera.  Most of the barns are still there.  Sometimes the paint has faded and sadly a few were lost to shopping center developments.  This gallery captures the pretty one under favorable skies.  To preserve their barn and property, some owners have since repainted their barn, often preserving the logo in full or at least paying tribute to its former design (such as the Bicentennial Barn in Huber Heights.  In capturing these images, sometimes I’ve had to make several trips to either catch better light or in a better season.  For disclosure, although I never add content to an image, sometimes I will clone out minor distractions like a vehicle temporarily parked in the way. 

Warren County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 17

$75.00 – $440.00
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A large white barn surrounded by lush green crops where the barn's white paint is peeling and its Ohio Bicentennial Logo beginning to fade.

Clinton County Ohio Bicentennial Barn in Summer No. 3

$75.00 – $440.00
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A white barn adorned with the Ohio Bicentennial Logo depicting a scene where the Coshocton barn basks in the summer sun will cumulus clouds floating in the sky

Coshocton County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 13

$75.00 – $440.00
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An Ohio landmark art print where the red, Erie County Bicentennial Barn faces the western sky as the evening light paints the red, white and blue logo in warm light. Caption: At the junction of U.S. Route 6 and Perkins Avenue, just four miles east of Sandusky,

Erie County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 4

$75.00 – $440.00
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An Ohio Cultural landmark and the Ottawa County Bicentennial Barn, an unusually large white barn displaying the red, white and blue logo on blue Ohio skies.

Ottawa County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 13

$75.00 – $440.00
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A unique L-shaped barn created by merging two separate barns over a 100 years ago. The barn features two Ohio Bicentennial logos as it continues to serve as horse stables. On this summer morning, both logos bask in the warm light.

Defiance County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 23

$75.00 – $440.00
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A proud white barn along a country road adorned with the Ohio Bicentennial logo making for an impressive Ohio fine art photography

Muskingum County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 9

$75.00 – $440.00
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A classic Ohio Bicentennial barn on a bright autumn evening where the white barn contrasts with the red, white and blue logo nestled in an autumn colored hillside.

Vinton County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 29

$75.00 – $440.00
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A Holmes County Ohio fine art print of a well maintained white barn featuring the patriotic Ohio Bicentennial Logo where the grounds are perfectly groomed as cumulous clouds float through the blue sky.

Holmes County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 5

$75.00 – $440.00
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An Ohio favored landmark entails the Licking County Ohio Bicentennial Barn where its bright white paint contrast with the lush green hillside as the logo basks in the summer morning light

Licking County, Ohio Bicentennial Barn in Summer No. 15

$75.00 – $440.00
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An Ohio art print featuring the nostalgic Marion County Ohio Bicentennial Barn. A bright and well maintained barn featuring the Ohio Bicentennial Logo where the sun shines on the barn art as puffy clouds float through the Ohio Sky

Marion County Ohio. Bicentennial Barn No. 2

$75.00 – $440.00
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An Ohio art print of a 100-year-old barn painted with the Ohio Bicentennial logo. The morning light washes over the red barn and patriotic logo as puffy clouds float through the blue sky.

Delaware County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 4

$75.00 – $440.00
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A modern siding finish to an old barn preserves the 100-year old original, where the white siding and green lawn contrast nicely with the evening blue sky and the red, white and blue Ohio Bicentennial logo greets travelers along State Route 309.

Hardin County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 3

$75.00 – $440.00
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The Greene County Bicentennial Barn with its red, white, and blue logo as the setting sun paints it in golden light

DeWine – Greene County Bicentennial Barn No. 3

$75.00 – $440.00
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Fine art photography of the Brown County Ohio Bicentennial Barn, near Ripley on a pretty day over Ohio

Brown County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 3

$75.00 – $440.00
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One of Ohio Bicentennial Barns on a clear October day where a field of corn dries out as cumulus clouds float through the sky

Clinton County Ohio Bicentennial Barn

$75.00 – $440.00
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The Hamilton County Ohio Bicentennial Barn with the sunlight illuminating the red, white and blue logo under blue Ohio skies

Hamilton County Ohio Bicentennial Barn No. 2

$75.00 – $440.00
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A well-maintained barn in Miami County Ohio with logo celebrating Ohio’s Bicentennial

Miami County Bicentennial Barn

$75.00 – $440.00
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A well-maintained barn in Butler County Ohio with logo celebrating Ohio’s Bicentennial

Butler County Ohio Bicentennial Barn

$75.00 – $440.00
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Clark County Ohio Bicenntenial Barn as a classic red and white barn on a sunny day featuring an Ohio Bicentennial Logo

Youngs Golden Jersey Inn No. 2 and Clark Co Bicentennial Barn

$75.00 – $440.00
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