Preservation group plans to restore aging tobacco barns

PITTSYLVANIA Co., Va. - A preservation group needs your help to keep part of Southern Virginia's heritage.
There are hundreds of tobacco barns in Pittsylvania County, most of them are falling apart.
Preservation Virginia is starting a project this week to save them from crumbling. The group plans to comb through the county to survey their condition and cost for repair. Continued

Photo: John D. Ferguson and son coming up road in wagon tobacco barns in the background. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1939 (Marion Post Wolcott/FSA/Library of Congress).