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“It’s intended to be all about family,” Parker described. The Parker family would like to preserve the barn’s historical integrity and make it the site of a business that further serves the community. It is essential for the Parkers that the newly proposed business be family-friendly. “The financial pressure to keep it up has been weighing on our family, and every concept we have seen over the years either calls for the barn’s destruction or marginalization by placing any number of less-interesting businesses in front of it on its prominent corner.” It’s just too expensive and the corner is too attractive to want to keep the barn as-is,” stated Parker. “We are now convinced that preserving the barn is in the interest of the community, but not in the interest of potential developers or future owners. By the way, it was constructed, one can tell it was built using old techniques during a time when the circular saw was first introduced. It is what’s called a ‘Gambrel’ Dairy barn, notable for its 4-sided sloped roof. “We believe the barn was built by the Znyder family who owned the farm next, around the turn of the century–1890 to 1900. “The property was first farmed by the Allmendinger family in the mid-1800s – the same Allmendingers after whom Allmendinger Park is named,” Parker detailed. There is a fascinating local family history associated with the barn as well. And hundreds of visitors see it up-close throughout the year, in addition to about 15,000 cars that pass by it every day. The M Go Blue Barn is a local landmark with a unique structure that the family is determined to preserve.Īccording to Parker, photos of the barn have been used by the University of Michigan Alumni Association and seen all over the world at U of M game locations and alumni gatherings. Matthew, his wife, Krista, and their two daughters, Isla and Eleanor, spend much of their time at the barn. Matt’s parents bought the property in 1992 and he grew up there. We interviewed Matthew Parker, son of the “M Go Blue Barn” owners, Bill and Katie Parker.