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Founded in 1997, the Iowa Barn Foundation is dedicated to preserving Iowa’s rural buildings, symbols of Iowa’s early agricultural heritage. The Iowa Barn Foundation is an Iowa non-profit corporation with tax-exempt status under paragraph 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

The Iowa Barn Foundation, its board of directors and county representatives work to preserve Iowa’s agricultural history and endangered barns by educating people in Iowa – and beyond – about our rural heritage and the importance of barn preservation. This is being accomplished through the bi-annual Iowa Barn Foundation Magazine, the Iowa Barn Foundation website (this website), the annual All-State Barn Tour, and through picnics, open meetings, and through worldwide publicity in newspapers, magazines, and television.

We provide matching grants to property owners to help restore qualified barns. Also, the Iowa Barn Foundation gives Awards of Distinction icon to those property owners who restore or rehabilitate their barns at their own expense.

Board of Directors

  • Ober Anderson (Ankeny, Iowa)
  • Dave Austin (Ankeny, Iowa)
  • Olivia Chalfant (Guthrie Center, Iowa)
  • Andrea Corcoran (Des Moines, Iowa)
  • Jeffrey Fitz-Randolph (Fairfield, Iowa)
  • Wayne Frost (Waterloo, Iowa)
  • Tom Hertz (Ames, Iowa)
  • Dwight Hughes (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
  • Carrie Jones (Ocheyedon, Iowa)
  • Paul Kruse (Granger, Iowa)
  • Steve Lawler (Urbandale, Iowa)
  • Roxanne Mehlisch (Zearing, Iowa)
  • Kurt Meyer (St. Ansgar, Iowa)
  • Craig Pfantz (State Center, Iowa)
  • Carole Reichardt (Clive, Iowa)
  • Roy Reiman (Greendale, Wisconsin)
  • Jacqueline Andre Schmeal (Houston, Texas)
  • Jack Smith (Epworth, Iowa)
  • Craig Stephens (Pleasantville, Iowa)
  • Steve Sukup (Clear Lake, Iowa)
  • Kelly Tobin (Ames, Iowa)

County Representatives

For more information about County Representatives or if you would like to volunteer to fill a county rep position for a county that is unfilled, please contact our County Representative Coordinator.

County Representatives Coordinator – Craig Stephens, 515-681-1009, cdstephens@fngi.net

County Representatives

Allamakee:  Marlene Fenstermann, 563-382-3439, dwf02@fenstermann.de

Appanoose:  Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinponwii@me.com

Appanoose:  Richard Stafford ll, 641-203-0620, flintlockshotgun@gmail.com

Audubon:  Bob & Janet Nelson, 712-304-5809, save.ross.elevator@gmail.com & beccaben7@gmail.com

Black Hawk:   Wayne Frost, 310-427-3531, frostwf@lpctel.net

Boone: Steve Rimathe, 515-290-5258, srimathe89@gmai.com

Buena Vista:  Becky Bryant, 712-213-0598, bbryant@evertek.net

Calhoun:  Larry Ellis, 712-210-0423, redrockarabians@gmail.com

Calhoun:  Deann Haden , 515-571-7196, bradluke@lvcta.com

Carroll: Kent Brant, 712-830-2241, kbrant42@hotmail.com

Cass:  Dan Dorsey, 712-249-2641, mjd4dsl@hotmail.com

Cedar: Kas Kelly, 563-260-0869, kaskelly@machlink.com

Cerro Gordo:  Dale & Judy Mills, 641-420-9227, cupolainn@gmail.com

Cherokee:  Becky Bryant, 712-213-0598, bbryant@evertek.net

Clarke: Ginnie Hargis & Ron McBroom, 515-834-2026, cabot1@hughes.net

Clay:  Kelli Ireland, 507-320-0542, kellbell45@yahoo.com

Clinton:   Dan/Jolene Witt 563-212-1307 jowitt@gmtel.net

Davis:  Sharon & Bill Hardy, 641-680-2427

Delaware:  John Heffernen, 563-920-5826, Johnheffernen@gmail.com

Des Moines:  Dale & Julie Bartelt, 319-759-0591, bartelt@mepotelco.net

Dubuque:  Jack Smith, 563-599-3061, jackwsmith@icloud.com

Emmet:   Terrence Jensen, 515-230-8972, tcjensen52@gmail.com

Grundy:  Rebecca Engelking, 641-366-3150

Guthrie:  Kent Brant, 712-830-2241, kbrant42@hotmail.com

Hamilton:  Ron Adams, 515-368-1678, ronadams144@gmail.com

Hancock:  Thomas Chizek, 641-430-4456, chizeklandandcattle56@gmail.com

Humboldt:  Kurt Weinert, 515-332-4467, karalyn.weinert@gmail.com

Ida:  Don Poggensee, 712-364-3491, donpog@netllc.net

Iowa:  Bonnie Winslow-Garvin, h)319-626-7323 c)319-360-4832, bwinslow@southslope.net

Jackson :  Caroline Bredekamp, h)563-689-4970 c)563-689-3581, caroline.bredekamp@yahoo.com

Jasper:  Tyler Wilhelm, 402-525-1833, wilhelmacres@gmail.com

Jefferson:  Jeffrey Fitz-Randolph , 641-472-7810, jfrcorp@gmail.com

Jones:  David McDonald , 319-389-4437, fogebotom@yahoo.com

Keokuk:  Kyle Morrison, 319-330-1001, kdm.enterprises@gmail.com

Lee:  Brian Foecke, 319-470-0329, bjfoecke@ft.newyorklife.com

Linn:  David McDonald, 319-389-4437, fogebotom@yahoo.com

Lucas: Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinpomwii@me.com

Lucas:   Richard Stafford ll, 641-203-0620, pinponwii@me.com

Madison:  Ginnie Hargis & Ron McBroom, 515-834-2026, cabot1@hughes.net

Mahaska:  Charles Oldham, 641-969-4272, oakknoll@iowatelecom.net

Marion:  Craig & Shiela Stephens, 515-681-1009, cdstephens@fngi.net

Marshall:  Rodney J. Hassler, 641-753-3276, rhassler@mchsi.com

Monona:  Peggy Hanner, 712-251-0405, rphanner@gmail.com

Monroe:  Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinponwii@me.com

Monroe:  Richard Stafford ll, 641-203-0620, flintlockshotgun@gmail.com

Montgomery:  Montgomery County Historical Society, 712-623-2289, mchsociet@myfmtc.com
Muscatine:  Kas Kelly, 563-260-0869, kaskelly@machlink.com

O’Brien:  Pamela Battaglioli, 712-727-3612, dpjlioli@mtcnet.net

Osceola:  Carrie Jones, 712-832-3227, carrie@joneslawofficeplc.com

Page:  Dave Williams, dcwill@myfmtc.com

Plymouth:  Ken Wright, 712-786-5542

Pocahontas:  Terry Ferguson, 712-845-4978, ctferguson@ncn.net

Polk:  Ober Anderson, 515-964-0964, ojanderson@aol.com

Poweshiek:  Bonnie Winslow-Garvin, 319-626-7323, bwinslow@southslope.net

Sac:  Jack & Jane Hogue, 712-668-4663, jhogue@netins.net

Scott:  Susan Frye, 319-936-1216, susanjanefrye@gmail.com

Shelby:  Dennis & Linda Heflin, 712-744-3660, jewelray@fmctc.com

Sioux:  Ron & Nance Vos, 712-203-8709, nvos72@yahoo.com

Story:  Roxanne Mehlisch, 641-751-1406, mehlisch@netins.net

Story:  Norma Johnson, 515-707-4428

Story:  Steve Rimathe, 515-290-5258, srimathe89@gmail.com

Tama:  Rodney J. Hassler, 641-753-3276, rhassler@mchsi.com

Taylor:  Kelly & Irene Tobin, 712-370-0321, kellyirene3133@gmail.com

Wapello:  David Cobler,  641-777-7202, coblerfarming@gmail.com

Warren:  Craig & Shiela Stephens, 515-681-1009, cdstephens@fngi.net

Washington:  Jerry Strabala, 319-461-0829, strabe@cloudburst9.net

Washington:  Wilford Yoder, 319-338-6596, weyoder820@msn.com

Wayne: Richard Stafford, 641-390-0723, pinponwii@me.com

Webster:  Deann Haden, 515-571-7196, bradluke@lvcta.com

Winneshiek:  Marlene Fenstermann, 563-382-3439, dwf02@fenstermann.de

Woodbury:  Peggy Hanner, 712-251-0405, rphanner@gmail.com

Counties Without A Representative

Adair, Adams, Benton, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Crawford, Dallas, Decatur, Dickinson, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Johnson, Kossuth, Louisa, Lyon, Mills, Mitchell, Palo Alto, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Union, Van Buren, Winnebago, Worth, Wright