Wisconsin Public Television: Wisconsin Barns

		Jim Notstad grew up on a farm in Southeastern Dane County. Today he lives in Madison and works as an airline pilot. Because he has many enjoyable memories of playing in his Norwegian neighbor's 1883 dairy barn, which had started to show its age, he decided to pay to have it restored. "For a long time we've been known as a dairy state. I'd like to think a future generation would be able to drive by and know there's value in agricultural life in Wisconsin."
	Centreville Settlement, Inc. P. O. Box 247 Cleveland, WI 53015	Janet Lutze is a nurse, living in Milwaukee, but she grew up near Sheboygan and was the fifth generation of her German family raised on the farm. Today her brother and his family live in the farmhouse. They discovered that one of their outbuildings was architecturally unique and was one of the oldest building in Manitowoc County. It's called a housebarn which meant that both the animals and their owners shared the structure. Because it was in very bad shape, and because renovation would be expensive, Janet and her family formed a non-profit group called Centerville Settlement. They work with volunteers from the community and a variety of experts who donate their time to the restoration. "There's at least four barns in the community that have not been torn down just because the Lutze Housebarn has been preserved."
	Waarvik's Century Farm N4621 County Road H Elroy, WI 53929	Mary Waarvik returned to her family's Juneau county farm after working in Alaska because she felt it was her turn to take care of it. Not interested in farming on her own she decided to take advantage of the peaceful rural setting and opened a bed and breakfast in the old farmhouse. The barn was in bad shape but Mary felt it was an essential part of her place. So, after attending a barn workshop, she had it repaired. "It's almost like it's haunted in a good way. I can be in the house and just get a feeling of happiness."
		Joe Triggs also tried life off the farm after he finished high school. But, after his daughters were born he thought it would be better to raise them back on the family farm in Richland County. His barn was built by his Irish grandfather in the early 1900's but was designed for a dairy herd. Joe decided to raise beef cattle so he adapted the old barn for the new use. His other choice was to tear it down and put up a metal building. "The old barn has been there as long as I can remember and long before that. It wouldn't seem quite the same without it."
		Jerry Apps the author of 'Barns of Wisconsin'. Read the full text of the interview done for the new Wisconsin Public Television special 'Wisconsin Barns: Stories in Wood & Stone.'
		William Tischler, Landscape Architecture, UW-Madison Read the full text of the interview done for the new Wisconsin Public Television special 'Wisconsin Barns: Stories in Wood & Stone.'