{"id":323717,"date":"2026-11-08T14:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/323717\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T14:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:20:11","slug":"pennsylvania-barns-talk-nov-16-at-california-grange-941-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/323717\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania barns talk Nov. 16 at California Grange #941 | Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"historic barn 2026\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1000\" height=\"580\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Tom Grbenick<\/p>\n<p>Watsontown, Pa. \u2014 California Grange #941 is launching a quarterly Community History Lecture Series starting with a talk on Pennsylvania\u2019s historic barns by Tom Grbenick on Monday, Nov. 16.<\/p>\n<p>The program runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the California #941 Grange Hall, 17 California Road, Watsontown. From Route 54, traveling from Turbotville toward Washingtonville, turn right onto Strick Road and drive to California Road; the Grange is on the right.<\/p>\n<p>Grbenick, a board member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pahistoricbarns.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Historic Barn and Farm Foundation of Pa<\/a>., will show a video produced by the foundation marking 250 years of barn building in Pa., along with photos of local and regional barns. He will invite the audience to share information and memories about historic barns and farms in upper Montour and Northumberland counties.<\/p>\n<p>Grbenick is a retired landscape architect who founded and long directed the SEDA-COG Community Resource Center in Lewisburg. He lives on historic land known as New Garden in the area called Paradise, Lewis Township, Northumberland County.<\/p>\n<p>During the event, Grbenick will share information on foundation membership, its grant program for historic barn restoration, and its barn tours for members. Light refreshments will be served after the talk.<\/p>\n<p>            <img  data- class=\" img-responsive lazyload tnt-prop-img\" width=\"400\" height=\"40\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><br \/>\n            <img  data- class=\" img-responsive lazyload tnt-prop-img\" width=\"1216\" height=\"40\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                Success! An email has been sent to  with a link to confirm list signup.\n            <\/p>\n<p>\n                Error! 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