Observation Deck???

Tom Bond · Mar 15, 2014

Went to the property to spread the clover seed for next seasons food plots and spotted this on the way. Montrose, Illinois. hmmmmm.... observation deck or luxury deer stand for long distance shooting?

IH2444 · Mar 15, 2014

A control tower for aliens landing?

fixerupper · Mar 15, 2014

Looks like it's been up there awhile. Sun porch for the pigeons? Maybe they used it to call the cows? LOL Could be the landowner used it to watch the workers? There's a tall house 3/4 miles from me that sits on a hill and has windows in the top of the roof. Folklore has it the windows provided the landowner a view of his fields. Another house a few miles away from here sits on a hill and was a stage coach stop. It has a cupola sticking up out of the roof, presumably so the stage could be seen coming. I doubt if that silo was there in the stage coach days. Jim

Anonymous-0 · Mar 15, 2014

I have been in it 30 years ago the barn was fixed up for meetings and parties staircase in silo led you to the top very nice hate to see it in going down hill

Stan - Florida · Mar 16, 2014

Back in the '40s and '50s my uncle rented a farm west of Geneva, Illinois. It had a big brick house with a cupola on top with glass windows all around. It supposedly was built for the owner (a Mr. Peck, I believe) for him to watch his field workers.

That place is now a county park or a forest preserve. It is located in Kane County at the junction of Kaneville Road and Peck Road.

Stan

Bret4207 · Mar 16, 2014

(quoted from post at 18:03:26 03/15/14) I have been in it 30 years ago the barn was fixed up for meetings and parties staircase in silo led you to the top very nice hate to see it in going down hill

I don't know if you're referring to the pic in the OP, but if that's "going down hill" you have a very different definition on down hill than around here.

farmerwithmutt · Mar 16, 2014

Seen one made to look like lighthouse.one in hazel green
wis rented out to tourist and one guy had plans to put a hot
tub in one

Dick2 · Mar 16, 2014

Back in the early 1900's when bonanza farms were big in ND, one owner had a lookout built on top of his 2-1/2 story house so he could overlook the hired men working in the fields.

There weren't any large tractors or equipment in those days, so everything was done with teams of horses, small equipment and many, many hired men.

Guess the owner sat up in the lookout to make sure everyone was working!

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