The Kent (Superman) Farmhouse

On 14 April 2014, I spent a wonderful, fun day with my youngest daughter, driving the backroads SE of Calgary. Some of the roads were familiar to me, but others were new territory, which gave us a chance to discover some different abandoned barns.

One of the places we were hoping to be able to find was the Superman (Kent) farmhouse and barn from the 1978 "Superman: The Movie", starring Christopher Reeve. We had both seen photos on the Internet that other people had taken, and knew that we would do our best to find this location. I was up till the early hours of that morning, Googling information about this place, it was so fascinating. I'll add a previously posted photo showing both this farmhouse and the beautiful barn that was also seen in the 1978 movie. This is where young Superman arrived in his "crystal space capsule" as a young child - it crashed into the gravel road where my daughter and I were standing - and grew up with his adoptive parents till he was a young man. I should add that this is private property (naturally) and this photo was respectfully taken from the road. It's amazing how many movies have been filmed around Calgary - quite fascinating.

Apparently, a family member of the now owner of the property says that the family "does have plans to restore this property in it’s present state."

www.bigdoer.com/2383/exploring-history/superman-1978-kent...

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