{"id":981,"date":"2023-02-26T02:41:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T02:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisuheritage.org\/?page_id=981"},"modified":"2026-05-10T01:25:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:25:33","slug":"seitaniemi-housebarn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisuheritage.org\/index.php\/seitaniemi-housebarn\/","title":{"rendered":"SEITANIEMI HOUSEBARN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fb91647d8d61d2bc0cdbbb60ab22e337\"><strong>Housebarn History<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<style>#rpg-1065 .img-slider-item .caption { background-color: #ffffff;  }#rpg-1065 .img-slider-item .figc {color:#ffffff;}#rpg-1065 .rpg-title {  font-size: 18px; }#rpg-1065 { width:40%;}#rpg-1065  p.description { color:#ffffff;font-size:14px; }#rpg-1065  .rpg-title { color:#ffffff; }<\/style>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"rpg-1065\" class=\"img-slider image-slider \" style=\"margin: 50px auto;\" 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