Blog Hop - Round Barn at Ojo

Round Barn at Ojo by Hilda Bakke

This week's featured SSOBB Charter Member is Hilda Bakke.

Due to a series of unforeseen circumstances,

Hilda has asked me to share her blog hop post here

on the BUILD A BARN blog.

Hilda was quick to join 

the Secret Society of Barn Builders

in December of 2014.

A few weeks later, she shared the following 

in an email to the SSOBB members:

"There aren’t a lot of barns where I live, 

so I searched online for a New Mexico barn 

I could interpret in cloth.  

I was inspired by the 

Ojo Calilente Mineral Springs Round Barn, 

the only round barn in New Mexico.  

It is also said to be the only remaining adobe 

round barn in the United States – 

but why, oh why, didn’t I realize that a round barn 

would pose significant challenges in the interpretation!" 

Pre-renovation Condition of Adobe Round Barn
Photo will supersize if double-clicked

While preparing this post,

I found this information:

"Built in 1924, the Adobe Round Barn is one of 

Northern New Mexico's architectural treasures. 

In 1985 the barn was added to the 

National Register of Historic Places and in 1988

the barn was featured in the film "Young Guns." 

A complete restoration of the barn was completed in 2002, 

successfully preserving the historical features of the barn 

while creating a modern spiritual setting. 

The restoration project was awarded New Mexico's 

"2003 Building of the Year - Restoration" 

by the Associated General Contractors 

as well as the Restoration Award from the 

New Mexico Preservation Society. 

The barn has a 2,600 square foot wood-plank floor 

upstairs in what was the old hayloft and

2,000 square feet on the adobe-surfaced ground floor."

If you visit the website for Ojo Spa

and click on the Photo Tour option

(upper right corner of the page),

you'll find a set of six images of the renovated

Adobe Round Barn.

Hilda also shared this link to her 

inspiration photo for the Adobe Round Barn

when she shared this work in progress photo with the SSOBB.

Hilda's Round Barn Under Construction
Photo will supersize if double clicked

You can read more about 

Hilda's SSOBB barn on her Gallery Page.

Just look for her name tab in the blog header

or CLICK HERE.

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If you would like a chance to win

an autographed copy of BUILD A BARN

so you can create your own barn in fabric,

please leave a comment on this post.

Winner will be announced here on Friday July 8.

(No-reply bloggers will not be included in the drawing

unless you include your email address in your comment)

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