UGA seeks approval for Red Barn preservation

A Zaxby’s executive is proposing preserving and moving the University of Georgia’s iconic Red Barn to a family farm in Oconee County.

If approved by the state Board of Regents, Tony Townley would move the building to land he purchased from UGA this year. The barn, built around 1915, was first used by UGA in 1928 to house horses and mules.

The barn has been at its current location on South Milledge Avenue road since 1997, when it was moved from College Station Road near the university’s current intramural fields. Previous plans to restore the barn were stalled when weather damaged the structure in 2009.