Barn once owned by cat moved to new home

A barn in Tangent, Oregon, left to a cat by its owner has been moved.



John Bass willed the barn to his beloved cat, Kitty Kat, when he died in 1983. Kitty Kat died in 1993 and was buried on the grounds.



The barn, which faced destruction, was moved inch by inch by a truck to its new site on a neighbours’ property on Saturday. The barn had to be moved because the funds Bass left for upkeep ran out years ago. The City of Tangent could no longer afford to pay for it to remain on the property.


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Neighbour Beth Timmons offered to pick up the tab to move the barn across the street to her property, knowing local history was coming along for the ride. “I just like how many new friends, new relationships we’ve made with this and I think that it’s just going to continue on,” Timmons said. “I’m really excited now.”

There's more about the story of John Bass, the barn and Kitty Kat here.