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This is an ancient ramshackle barn still standing in the old Irish Catholic settlement of Corning, Indiana. It is close to being re-claimed by the forest encroaching behind it. Very picturesque with all the not so many years ago newly painted white fencing and bridge in the foreground. All that is left of this once thriving community is a couple of houses and an old empty store on the west side of the road and on the east side standing imposingly at the apex of the hill ( and still important to many for it's history and, but no longer holding Sunday services) is the original St. Patrick's Church along with it's cemetery and the old rectory which is at present enjoying a gradual restoration.

All my photographs on FAA are copyright protected and may not be reproduced, copied, or used for any purpose without my express consent. Hello! My name is Julie Riker Dant and I live in the small town of Washington, in southwestern Indiana, in the United States. In the mid to late 90's, I began searching out and documenting with black and white photographs, old abandoned houses all over Indiana, the Midwest, Southeast and Deep South, with the intention of publishing a pictorial book one day. The book has not come to pass as of yet, however I have produced a video in which all of my Indiana houses are featured accompanied by beautiful Celtic music. It is entitled SOLEMN RELICS. In the process of searching out the old houses on...