"On a cleft in that hill, visible from Highway 101 and Old Redwood Highway, he has spent the past five years gradually, painstakingly recreating a precise replica of the Fountaingrove Round Barn, a cherished icon to generations of Santa Rosans, which was destroyed in the Tubbs Fire of 2017."
"Ken, whom Melissa describes as a dreamer one steeped in the history of that corner of Sonoma County decided to resurrect the Round Barn, on land above their upper vineyard not useful for most other purposes. If I placed it in that location, he said, the landmark would be restored, and I could offer it a kind of act of healing and love to this community."
"Now, with the project on the home stretch Ken has said he hopes to complete the barn by summer's end and their funds for the work dwindling, he and Melissa are inviting the community to help them get Round Barn 2.0 across the finish line."
Ken Moholt-Siebert, a Santa Rosa architect whose home was destroyed in the 2017 Tubbs Fire, has spent five years meticulously recreating the Fountaingrove Round Barn on a hillside above his vineyard. The original barn, a cherished community landmark visible from Highway 101, was lost in the fire. Motivated by a desire to offer healing and love to the community, Moholt-Siebert chose an unused portion of his property to reconstruct the barn. With the project nearing completion and expected to finish by summer's end, he and his wife Melissa, a winemaker, are seeking community support to help them complete the final stages of this restoration effort.
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