Unimpressed with barn quilts, Randy Lincoln built his own clock, which he installed on the front of his 112-year-old barn in western Jefferson County. He is seen here tinkering on the clock via a platform he constructed in the barn's hayloft.
Alison Lincoln walks her dog, Villyn, a rambunctious 2½-year-old Australian cattle dog, past her her husband's barn, which holds a 6-foot-tall clock that tells near perfect time in Kroghville.
Randy Lincoln’s initial attempt at clock building is on a wall inside his barn in Kroghville. The clock was built with internal lights but didn't illuminate as well as he wanted. An improved version, dubbed the "Lincoln 2.0," features external lights that shine from the back of the clock he has installed on the face of his barn in Kroghville.
This 1958 Edsel now has an automatic retractable roof, thanks to the work of Randy Lincoln, who has made a hobby out of restoring cars in his garage in the Jefferson County hamlet of Kroghville.
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The mechanical components of a clock built for $400 and installed by Randy Lincoln keep time at Lincoln’s property in Kroghville.
Awards earned by Alison Lincoln and her agility dogs over the years are displayed in an indoor ring where she trains her animals, including Villyn, an Australian cattle dog.
Randy Lincoln rarely stops tinkering. He not only built and installed this clock on his barn, but he also restores cars, has built guitars, plays drums in a band and is known to scour the land at times with a metal detector.
Randy Lincoln on a platform he constructed inside his barn so he could have convenient access to his home-built clock.
Photos: The clock of Kroghville
Randy Lincoln has been keeping time with a six-foot-tall, illuminated clock on the front of his historic barn in western Jefferson County.
Randy Lincoln’s initial attempt at clock building is on a wall inside his barn in Kroghville. The clock was built with internal lights but didn't illuminate as well as he wanted. An improved version, dubbed the "Lincoln 2.0," features external lights that shine from the back of the clock he has installed on the face of his barn in Kroghville.
Barry Adams covers regional news for the Wisconsin State Journal. Send him ideas for On Wisconsin by emailing badams@madison.com or calling 608-252-6148.
"It's just my own design. I didn't Google 'how to build a clock.' I think if you do that you'll never find this design 'cause it came out of my own head."
