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.

Portraits of people and Matanuska Colony barns

Bob Hallinen

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