Portraits of people and Matanuska Colony barns

Updated: August 19, 2017 Published: August 19, 2017

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Mike Stitt is restoring the Colony barn on the Tracy Moffitt farm in Palmer, Alaska on Wednesday August 16, 2017. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)

Original Matanuska Colony barns — some fully restored, others in disarray — are scattered around Palmer, Alaska. Mark Loomis has converted a Colony barn to a modern home that includes an addition featuring a silo-shaped room. Here are some portraits of people and their barns, and people working on restoring their barns.

Bob Hallinen

Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.