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This is a Rock City Barn. It is located on US 411 west of the intersection with Rt 66 by 3.2 miles in Sevier County Tennessee U.S.A.
Since 1935, Rock City Barns have stood as genuine highway Americana, their bold white-on-black signs compelling both snowbirds and Sunday drivers to a spot near Chattanooga, Tennessee, where they could “See Rock City”.
In 2012, Rock City marked the 77th anniversary since the barns first appeared as advertising icons, fewer than 100 remain out of a rural network that once numbered near 900. Clark Byers painted the barns for three decades and became a legend in his own right by braving bulls, slippery roofs and lightning bolts. When he retired in 1969, he had painted some 900 barns in 19 states. He died in 2004. His successor, Jerry Cannon, has handled the brushwork on the barns Rock City still maintains.
Today, spotting one of these ever-recognizable structures not only gives tourists a look at a historic landmark, but takes them on a nostalgic jaunt back to a time when motorists drove blacktop lanes in search of family fun.
Here is a link to a site with the remaining Rock City Barns. I used this to find the ones I photographed. www.ohiobarns.com/otherbarns/r…

Description
This is a Rock City Barn. It is located on US 411 west of the intersection with Rt 66 by 3.2 miles in Sevier County Tennessee U.S.A.
Since 1935, Rock City Barns have stood as genuine highway Americana, their bold white-on-black signs compelling both snowbirds and Sunday drivers to a spot near Chattanooga, Tennessee, where they could “See Rock City”.
In 2012, Rock City marked the 77th anniversary since the barns first appeared as advertising icons, fewer than 100 remain out of a rural network that once numbered near 900. Clark Byers painted the barns for three decades and became a legend in his own right by braving bulls, slippery roofs and lightning bolts. When he retired in 1969, he had painted some 900 barns in 19 states. He died in 2004. His successor, Jerry Cannon, has handled the brushwork on the barns Rock City still maintains.
Today, spotting one of these ever-recognizable structures not only gives tourists a look at a historic landmark, but takes them on a nostalgic jaunt back to a time when motorists drove blacktop lanes in search of family fun.
Here is a link to a site with the remaining Rock City Barns. I used this to find the ones I photographed. www.ohiobarns.com/otherbarns/r…