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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Crumbling Barn with multiple old advertisements
This Dilapidated barn has several old advertisements on it. Three are visible in this picture. See below for closeups.
This is a "Rock City Barn" On the left, with very peeled letters are "See Rock City." In addition to the black paint mostly missing, a vertical strip of metal with the R and C is gone.
Facing the street is an old sign for "Crystal Cave" which since the early 1970's has been knwon as Raccoon Mountain Caverns. The words below it read "Chattanooga's best attraction or your money back"
To the right of the cave sign is a rusty metal sign for a gas station, which I am unable to read. If you can identify it for me, I would be thankful.
Around the corner from the rusty sign is another ad for "See Rock City" but the barn must have been rebuilt at one point as only the See is still showing.
This barn is south of Trenton, GA in Dade County on highway U.S. 11, which runs from Chattanooga to Birmingham and is known as the Birmingham Highway.
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I'm looking to purchase and restore a Rock City barn or other Chattanooga area advertising barn. Do you know of any that might be available?
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