On the campus

In July of this year, I wrote about touring the Wylie House Musuem, and I
mentioned that a barn was under construction to the rear of the main house.
Well, it's finished and about to be opened to the public. Jo the Director
met Janie and I on Saturday for a personal tour of the barn.




To the left of the main entry you'll see this super nice stainless
steal mail box.




From the entry, I have a tendency to look up at the vast openess of the barn.
Beams! give me old wooden beams.




There is an open space which will be utilized for special events and so on.
Art will soon fill the walls.

As you go up the stairs to the second story you see old
things as art, like this barn pulley.

What a desk! The second level is full of outstanding
pieces, put together nicely to make a working office
with the feel of history.

This room is dressed out as a library for books owned by the
Wylie family.

Books with age.

Those shelves, those books, that funiture, .... it's like going back in time.

A close-up of a 1700's era desk used by the Wylie family up to the
point it was donated to IU.

This office is somewhat longer and shows off lots of old barn wood.
It sure beats the office i'm in every day.

I enjoy details with whimsy, like this inside window looking into an upper story office from the balcony. It surely wasn't needed, but it adds much.

Back on the outside we see the attention to detail continues with these nice
eyebrow windows. A nice source for natural light and a nice look too.

The shadow of a nearby tree falls on the East side of the barn.

Thanks Jo, for the personal tour.