Museum On Main Street; Barn Again! Program Resources Barn Again! is a national program to preserve historic farm buildings ten tips for barn maintenance and repair, ways to adapt barns to other uses, http://www.museumonmainstreet.org/exhibs_barn/barn_resources.htm
Extractions: Barn Related Online Program Resources Barn Again! is a national program to preserve historic farm buildings sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Successful Farming magazine. BARN AGAIN! provides up-to-date information to help owners of historic barns rehabilitate them and put them back to productive use on farms and ranches. They can provide technical assistance through the BARN AGAIN! Hot line, publish rehabilitation guides, sponsor workshops, exhibits and other events and present annual awards for the best examples of historic barns rehabilitated for continued farming use. http://www.agriculture.com/ba/ba!home.html Barn Again! In Ohio is a web site developed by the Ohio Historic Preservation Office and the Ohio State University Extension which describes the barn preservation program in Ohio. http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~barn/
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Extractions: (1860s small stone and wood cow barn) Historic barns are preserved for a number of reasons. Some are so well built that they remain useful even after a hundred years or more. Many others are intimately connected with the families who built them and the surrounding communities. Others reflect developments in agricultural science or regional building types. Before restoring a historic barn or rehabilitating it for a new use, an owner should study the building thoroughly. This process involves finding out when the barn was built, who built it, and why. It means understanding how the building was changed through the years. It means assessing the condition of the barn, and understanding its components. This process has as its end an appreciation of the building's historic character, that is, the sense of time and place associated with it. It is this physical presence of the past that gives historic buildings their significance.
The Old House Web -- Preservation Of Historic Barns restoration and remodeling of old and historic houses and buildings. Further threats to historic barns and other farm structures are posed by changes in http://www.oldhouseweb.com/oldhouse/content/npsbriefs/brief20.asp
Extractions: What's New The Weather [an error occurred while processing this directive] HOME How-To General Issues The Preservation of Historic Barns Barns evoke a sense of tradition and security, of closeness to the land and to the people who built them. Barn Types How to Maintain, Repair or Preserve Barns Using Barns for Housing Personal Reflections By Michael J. Auer From the days when Thomas Jefferson envisioned the new republic as a nation dependent on citizen farmers for its stability and its freedom, the family farm has been a vital image in the American consciousness. As the main structures of farms, barns evoke a sense of tradition and security, of closeness to the land and community with the people who built them. Even today the rural barn raising presents a forceful image of community spirit. Just as many farmers built their barns before they built their houses, so too many farm families look to their old barns as links with their past. Old barns, furthermore, are often community landmarks and make the past present. Such buildings embody ethnic traditions and local customs; they reflect changing farming practices and advances in building technology. In the imagination they represent a whole way of life.
UPNE | Field Guide To New England Barns And Farm Buildings Discovering the History of farm buildings barns Outbuildings buildings for Feed Storage other farm buildings farm buildings for Specialty Crops http://www.upne.com/0-87451-771-0.html
Extractions: Visser, Thomas Durant A generously illustrated handbook for identifying and understanding structures that symbolize the region's unique cultural and historical landscape. The quintessential New England barn photogenic, full of character, and framed by flaming autumn foliage is an endangered species. Of some 30,000 barns in Vermont alone, nearly a thousand a year are lost to fire, collapse, or bulldozers. Thomas Durant Visser's field guide to the barns, silos, sugar houses, granaries, tobacco barns, and potato houses of New England is an attempt to document not just their structure but their traditions and innovations before the surviving architectural evidence of this rich rural heritage is lost forever. A recognized authority on historic barn preservation, Visser has combed the six-state region for representative barns and outbuildings, and 200 of his photographs are reproduced here. The text, which includes accounts from 18th- and 19th-century observers, describes key architectural characteristics, historic uses, and geographic distribution as well as specific features like timbers and frames, sheathings, doors, and cupolas. From English barns to bank barns, from ice houses to outhouses, these irreplaceable assets, Visser writes, "linger as vulnerable survivors of the past. Yet before these buildings vanish, each has a story to tell." Travelers, residents, and scholars alike will find Visser's text invaluable in uncovering, understanding, and appreciating the stories inherent in these dwindling cultural artifacts.
The Rodale Institute Store - Farm Buildings The Old Barn Book A Field Guide to North American barns and other farm Structures Building a MultiUse Barn For Garage, Animals, Workshop, Studio http://www.rodaleinstitutestore.org/store/customer/home.php?cat=254
Taking Care Of Your Old Barn with a basic guide to taking care of their historic barns and farm buildings. ten tips for barn maintenance and repair, ways to adapt barns to other http://www.uvm.edu/~vhnet/hpres/publ/barnb/bbtit.html
Extractions: and Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, Montpelier, Vermont This web site provides Vermont property owners with a basic guide to taking care of their historic barns and farm buildings. It includes some general guidelines, a short history of barns, ten tips for barn maintenance and repair, ways to adapt barns to other uses, sources of advice and funding for barn preservation, and a list of organizations that offer aid to those working on their barns. Authors: Curtis B. Johnson, Thomas D. Visser
Barns: History & Conservation With its state funded barn preservation grant program and other innovative planning A Field Guide to New England barns and farm buildings (Forthcoming) http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/barns/barncourse.html
Extractions: Interim Director, Historic Preservation Program, Department of History, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405 Telephone: (802) 656-0577 Course overview: Lingering evidence of our agrarian heritage can be found in the barns and farm buildings that dot the landscape of North America. But whether in scenic rural areas or in densely populated regions, many of the most important reminders of this heritage stand neglected and endangered. In an era when "quality of the life" and cultural tourism play increasing vital roles in shaping rural economies, a major public commitment is needed to help farmers and non-farmers find productive ways to save these irreplaceable cultural assets. The intent of this course is to help those involved with environmental conservation, planning and preservation discover new approaches for preserving threatened farm complexes and other historic agricultural resources. Techniques for identifying historic farm buildings and documenting their history and uses will be covered. The course also reviews approaches for assessing conditions of deteriorated farm buildings, developing conservation strategies, and establishing preservation and planning policies. With its state funded barn preservation grant program and other innovative planning and natural resource protection initiatives, Vermont has taken a lead in farm building preservation efforts. Field trips in the Lake Champlain Valley and the Green Mountains will view important examples of barn preservation projects and rural resource protection programs.
Wis Barn Links BARN AGAIN! is a national program to preserve historic farm buildings to adapt barns to other uses, sources of advice and funding for barn preservation, http://www.uwex.edu/lgc/barns/barnlink.htm
Extractions: News Workshops WisLine Publications ... About LGC Wisconsin Barn Preservation Related Links (Information last updated March 30, 1998) Below are Internet Resources that may be of interest to Barn Preservation enthusiasts. The University of Wisconsin- Extension assumes no responsibility for the quality or integrity of the sites listed. The viewpoints and opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of UWEX. Agricultural Resources on the Internet Steenbock Memorial Library University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Steenbock/electron/agdropin.htm Promoting Agricultural and Business Competitiveness and a Sustainable Environment: Internet Resources Keyed to this University of Wisconsin-Extension Cooperative Extension Program Direction: http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Steenbock/services/agricext.htm Badger is the State of Wisconsin's information server and a starting point to guide you to the many resources available from Wisconsin state agencies, departments and other governmental branches. It also provides links to information resources at the University of Wisconsin campuses, as well as sources from other states and the federal government. http://badger.state.wi.us/
The New England Barn- Connected Farm Series The New England barn style in the C onnected farm. Only when compared to barns of the previous period and to barns in other areas of the country does an http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/buildings/new-england/connected-farm/barn/new-engla
Extractions: HO scale shown-layout is included Today the most common barn in New England has no specialized designation; it is simply "the barn" to most farmers and present owners. Only when compared to barns of the previous period and to barns in other areas of the country does an architectural label seem Justified. The term nineteenth-century New England barn is used here because the structure was built throughout the nineteenth century, and although it is most common in the northern region, it was built throughout New England. The basic form of the present New England barn is found in almost every part of the country and, although there are distinct regional variations, it is probably one of the most ubiquitous architectural forms of North America. The nineteenth-century New England barn is easily differentiated from the earlier English barn by the major door centered in the gable end. It was frequently built in a three-bays-wide, three-bays-deep grid and organized around a central vehicle floor that runs the length of the barn parallel to the roof line and the side wall. Since mechanical threshers generally replaced hand threshing between 1830 and 1860, it is inappropriate to label this central bay a threshing floor, as in the earlier English barn. Most farmers simply call it the floor. Although many observers assume that the central drive floor and its barn door are located in the exact center of the barn, this is infrequently the case.
Preservation Brief 20: The Preservation Of Historic Barns Further threats to historic barns and other farm structures are posed by changes The shape of barns, as with other buildings, is of great importance in http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/briefs/brief20.htm
Extractions: A NOTE TO OUR USERS: The web versions of the Preservation Briefs differ somewhat from the printed versions. Many illustrations are new, captions are simplified, illustrations are typically in color rather than black and white, and some complex charts have been omitted. From the days when Thomas Jefferson envisioned the new republic as a nation dependent on citizen farmers for its stability and its freedom, the family farm has been a vital image in the American consciousness. As the main structures of farms, barns evoke a sense of tradition and security, of closeness to the land and community with the people who built them. Even today the rural barn raising presents a forceful image of community spirit. Just as many farmers built their barns before they built their houses, so too many farm families look to their old barns as links with their past. Old barns, furthermore, are often community landmarks and make the past present. Such buildings embody ethnic traditions and local customs; they reflect changing farming practices and advances in building technology. In the imagination they represent a whole way of life. Unfortunately, historic barns are threatened by many factors. On farmland near cities, barns are often seen only in decay, as land is removed from active agricultural use. In some regions, barns are dismantled for lumber, their beams sold for reuse in living rooms. Barn raisings have given way to barn razings. Further threats to historic barns and other farm structures are posed by changes in farm technology, involving much larger machines and production facilities, and changes in the overall farm economy, including increasing farm size and declining rural populations.
West Amana Barns Large barns had leanto s and other small structures added to them, giving them a Still used as farm buildings, these barns are not open to the public. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/amana/bar.htm
Extractions: The landscape was as important in defining the physical character of the Amana Colonies as the distinctive and simple building style. The dominant character of the landscape has always been agriculture. Dependent on agriculture for their existence, the Amana Colony Inspirationists chose their Iowa site for its fertile soil as well as its sources of water and building supplies. The seven Amana villages were organized as agricultural villages. Indeed, Article III of the Amana Society, written soon after they arrived in Iowa, stated "Agriculture and the raising of cattle and other domestic animals, in connection with some manufacturing and trades, shall under the blessing of God form the means of sustenance for this Society." Colonies Home Map List of Sites Learn More ... Comments or Questions
The Function And Form Of Barns Begin To Change During The 1940s barns are as much a part of the technology of the farm as a tractor. Usually, barns and other farm buildings are designed to accomplish one or more http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/crops_07.html
Extractions: Barns are as much a part of the technology of the farm as a tractor. Usually, barns and other farm buildings are designed to accomplish one or more functions: So, some farmers would build a barn to milk their cows with hay storage on the second floor to feed them. Other barns would house and feed horses. Others would combine all three functions with horses on one side, cows on the others. The large barns were sources of pride. Some said that German farmers would build the barn first and build it better than their houses. The barns also served social functions. Carla Due remembers barn dances . "If they had a real nice barn," she says, "they would have a barn dance up in the haymow before they started putting up hay. And those were wonderful because the whole neighborhood got together, just brought whatever you had and had lunch together." Many farmers would divide the functions they needed into several smaller outbuildings. As farming got more mechanized, separate machine sheds sprouted up. In the Midwest, chicken coops and small hog barns were common, since most farmers had diversified grain and livestock operations. There are also regional differences in barns and outbuildings. In the south, winters are milder, and so there was generally little need for large barns to house animals. They were simply allowed to stay outside over the winter months. Barns in the south were smaller and more specialized. For instance, tobacco farmers built special structures to cure their tobacco leaves.
Brief 20 Historic Barns Further threats to historic barns and other farm structures are posed by changes in farm Barn Again! A Guide to Rehabilitation of Older farm buildings. http://www.historichomeworks.com/hhw/pbriefs/pb20.htm
Extractions: Technical Preservation Services From the days when Thomas Jefferson envisioned the new republic as a nation dependent on citizenfarmers for its stability and its freedom, the family farm has been a vital image in the American consciousness. As the main structures of farms, barns evoke a sense of tradition and security, of closeness to the land and community with the people who built them. Even today the rural barn raising presents a forceful image of community spirit. Just as many farmers built their barns before they built their houses, so too many farm families look to their old barns as links with their past. Old barns, furthermore, are often community landmarks and make the past present. Such buildings embody ethnic traditions and local customs; they reflect changing farming practices and advances in building technology. In the imagination they represent a whole way of life (Fig. 1). Unfortunately, historic barns are threatened by many factors. On farmland near cities, barns are often seen only in decay, as land is removed from active agricultural use. In some regions, barns are dismantled for lumber, their beams sold for reuse in living rooms. Barn raisings have given way to barn razings. Further threats to historic barns and other farm structures are posed by changes in farm technology, involving much larger machines and production facilities, and changes in the overall farm economy, including increasing farm size and declining rural populations.(1)
Offenburger.com The concept showcases barns, quilting, farm life, art and a drive through the as a starter, identified eight barns or other authentic ag buildings http://www.offenburger.com/barnquilts.asp
Extractions: Barn quilts are a new attraction few people here really understood until now, when theyre able to see what its all about. Traditional quilt patterns are being painted on wood squares, at least 8-foot by 8-foot, which are then mounted high on the fronts of classic barns or other farm outbuildings in this county 55 miles west and a little north of Des Moines. Nine of these barn quilts are on display now, ready for motorists to come have a look.
Maine Barns - Preserving A Legacy Barn Again! A national program to preserve historic farm buildings. structures into barns and other buildings using traditional joinery techniques. http://www.mainepreservation.org/barn1.htm
Extractions: Click here for a list of Barn Wrights and Restorers in Maine. Maine Preservation's 2002 Annual Conference Maine's first-time ever barn preservation c onference was held on September 28th at the Round Top Center for the Arts in Damariscotta. It brought together a wide variety of interests and answers to help preserve one of our state's most threatened historic resources. Featured speakers from across Maine and northern New England included keynote presenter Thomas Visser, Director, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, University of Vermont and recent author of Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings. Conference attendees learned how to maintain and restore timber and common frame barns; discovered tax incentives, easements and funding opportunities through the Barn Preservation Grant Program; heard case studies about barn rescues and adaptive use successes; and also learned to appreciate the cultural, scenic and economic values of historic barns and their immeasurable contribution to our rural heritage. On Sunday, September 28th, many attendees took advantage of our self-guided driving tour, and explored
NDSU Library: /collections/exhibits/barns.php Many barns and other farm buildings were available through mail order catalogs, such as this corn crib and granary offered through the Sears, Roebuck Co. http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/collections/exhibits/barns.php
Extractions: Barns of North Dakota The "Barns of North Dakota" exhibit is featured at the Lower Level Gallery of the NDSU Library from August 2 to November 7, 1999. The exhibit is free and open to the public. The center piece of farm operations, the barn evolved out of a need for animal shelter, grain and feed storage, and machinery protection. The Barns exhibit highlights architectural styles and different functions of barns in North Dakota. Though time and weather have reduced their numbers, North Dakota's barns offer lofty profiles that are testaments to pioneer fortitude, ethnic settlement, national trends, and agricultural reform. During the settlement period of single crop farming, barn architecture was dominated by the large implement sheds and massive barns that housed the animals and equipment necessary to harvest wheat. As the state's agricultural base began to diversify after the turn of the century, a number of new barn types emerged to address the particular needs of animals and crops. The introduction of dimension or pre-cut lumber revolutionized the building industry. The increase in rail lines into sparsely wooded states like North Dakota made pre-cut lumber an attractive building material.
Extractions: RETURN TO TABLE OF CONTENTS This publication has been prepared pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop and make available information concerning historic properties. Technical Preservation Services (TPS), Heritage Preservation Services Division, National Park Service prepares standards, guidelines, and other educational materials on responsible historic preservation treatments to a broad public. The Preservation of Historic Barns Michael J. Auer From the days when Thomas Jefferson envisioned the new republic as a nation dependent on citizen farmers for its stability and its freedom, the family farm has been a vital image in the American consciousness. As the main structures of farms, barns evoke a sense of tradition and security, of closeness to the land and community with the people who built them. Even today the rural barn raising presents a forceful image of community spirit. Just as many farmers built their barns before they built their houses, so too many farm families look to their old barns as links with their past. Old barns, furthermore, are often community landmarks and make the past present. Such buildings embody ethnic traditions and local customs; they reflect changing farming practices and advances in building technology. In the imagination they represent a whole way of life (Fig. 1).
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IFP : , : Set of isolated farm buildings. 2 houses one of them habitable. 2 barns and other outbuildings. 16 hectares of which about 15 acres are woodland. http://www.french-property.com/properties/property_detail/cid/1391/pid/69192/ifp
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