Barr Road barn finally collapses

A landmark barn on Barr Road in Grays River has finally succumbed to age and high winds and has collapsed. Bonnie LaDoe of Portland supplied The Eagle with these photos taken through the years. She writes: "In my family album is a photo taken in 1921 (above right) of the Thaddeus Barr place in Grays River. My great aunt, Clara Kessell and her brother Charlie were renting the place when the photo was taken August 24, 1921 showing the house and barn, probably in their prime." The second photo, center right, was taken in 1978 with the bottom right taken August 3, 2007, just before the barn's December collapse. LaDoe added "I thought it fitting to honor this wonderful old building. It represented a bygone age."