Other Information
Photo 1 is an enlarged inset view from Photo 2.
Historic Aerials' imagery was used to determine the location of the barn. The Mail Pouch barn, the other buildings (both sides of W. Chicago Rd.), and the site configuration including the looped driveway on the northwest side of the road are clearly visible in imagery beginning in 1955. The 1955 & 1958 images are configured in a way that notes that the Mail Pouch sign was not on the northeast end of the barn at that time, so the sign was probably painted early 1960's for it to be in the 1963 Photo. The available imagery shows that by 2005 the barn and all the buildings on the southeast side of Chicago Rd. were gone and the site cleared. Subsequent imagery shows a gradual clearance of the buildings on the northwest side of Chicago Rd.until 2016 when that side of the road is completely cleared.
Photo 4 is a Google street view dated December 2007. The view is looking southwest toward the site in the photo. This view clearly shows the barn and buildings on the southeast side of Chicago Rd. gone and house configuration on the northwest side of Chicago Rd. remaining at that date.
The Historical Aerials' imagery distance measurement tool was used to obtain the decimal coordinates for the Mail Pouch barn. These coordinates were input to the Google map program and the red pin on Photo 5 is the location where the Mail Pouch barn once stood. The coordinates were used to determine the address for the entry.
Where to find it *GONE* (razed and removed) Along the southeast side of W. Chicago Rd. (US-12) southwest of the Market St. intersection, in Bronson, by 2.7 miles. The barn was on the left side of Chicago Rd. headed southwest from Bronson. The Mail Pouch sign faced northeast. One end. Black background.
