Mount Vernon, Indiana: Kitchen Canister Grain Bins
A row of stubby, cylindrical grain bins on a private farm are labeled Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flour. First painted by the Moore family as kitchen canisters in 1985; restored in 2020.
- Address:
- 5901-6477 Caborn Rd, Mount Vernon, IN
- Directions:
- Off of Highway 62 between Mount Vernon and Evansville, visible on a hill on the north side of the road. Nine miles west outside of Evansville, and 14 miles from US-41.
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Easy to see from the road, at least during the day (I don't know if it is lit at night). But there's no place to pull over along the road, so be careful. I didn't pull into the farm itself because it looked like private property.
[Dave, 06/29/2023]The grain bins labeled coffee, tea, flour, and sugar were painted by the Moore family. I farmed the ground below that farm along Highway 62. The man that owned the farm was Alfred Moore. His daughter came up with the idea to paint them.
[Danny Rupp, 03/12/2023]It seems as though the owners have painted over the lettering on the silos so they are just silos again.
[Rusty Campbell, 10/16/2019]
The four kitchen canister silos are just off the road.
[Linda B, 04/07/2015]Outside of Evansville, there is a farm with a series of 4 short silos. The words painted on them are TEA, COFFEE, SUGAR, FLOUR. They look like kitchen canisters.
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