Barn Quilts
of Grundy County
Iowa's Original Barn Quilt Project
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Barn Quilts
of Grundy County |
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"Kentucky Chain" - Robert & Kathy Janssen - 22245 190th St., Holland, Iowa |
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Barn Quilt Info
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The quilt block "Kentucky Chain"
sort of became a part of the Barn Quilt Project by adoption. The block had
been painted and mounted by the farmstead owners, and after a few weeks of it
being up, someone noticed the new block and asked about it. So the Barn
Quilts of Grundy County sort of adopted this block into the family and we are
glad to have it.
The farmstead the block sits on was
established in the late 1800's and has always been owned by the Janssen
family. The title shows the farm house was built in 1900. Their
ancestors had previously lived in a cabin just a few yards west of the current
home. The corncrib was built in 1958 and was used to store corn. It
was built with lumber and iron reinforcements and a concrete base. The
architecture of the building proved to provide strength and integrity for the
ease of removing stored ear corn. It served as a natural drying storage
structure. |
