The Cuyahoga County Bicentennial Barn is in the middle of a Cleveland suburb.
My youngest son and I drove out here this morning to “capture it”. He says he doesn’t want to visit each and every one in Ohio (there are 88 counties), but we’ll get the ones that don’t require too much travel out of our way.
We drove about fifty miles round-trip for this one and coupled it with a few errands in downtown Cleveland.
In the process, the boy is learning more about maps, how to read and orient them and when to sing out that a turn is coming up.
If you decide to visit, turn off W 130th onto Wengatz Drive, however, the side nearest the barn is no parking so continue to the end of Wengatz, do a u-turn and come back toward W 130th.
Resources
We’re using a few things as resources. Christina Wilkinson’s Bicentennial Barns of Ohio is what started this whole quest and has many pictures, directions and some history of each edifice. Mike’s Ohio Bicentennial Barns website on the subject also provides directions and longitude and latitude for each.
7450 West 130th in Middleburg Heights south of Bagley Road
Latitude: 41.36228, Longitude: -81.78493
Visible from W 130th but a better view can be had by parking on the south side of Wengatz Drive and walking up to the fence on the north side.
Taken November 23, 2009
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