A generously illustrated handbook for identifying and understanding structures that symbolize the region's unique cultural and historical landscape
A generously illustrated handbook for identifying and understanding structures that symbolize the region's unique cultural and historical landscape.
Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings
Burlington , Vt .: Robert Hull Fleming Museum , University of Vermont , 1976 . Schafer , Joseph . The Social History of American Agriculture . New York : Macmillan , 1936 . Schmidt , Carl F. , and Smith , Roger B. The Early Architecture ...
A follow-up to Covered Bridges of New England highlights iconic barns from the same region while seeking to depict the real life of New England and its farming community.
The book discusses the importance of barns to Connecticut agriculture across our state and up to the present day.
Peter Harrison, a gentleman architect from Yorkshire, England, who moved to Rhode Island after serving as a ship captain and merchant, based his design for the library on a drawing included in a reprint of the Fourth Book of Palladio, ...
Several excellent references are available to help you identify standing barns and their associated buildings (such as The Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings by Thomas Visser and Barns: Their History, Preservation, ...
Chronicles a family's work and pleasure as the author, his black Labrador, his partner Mary, and her eight-year-old son Pie turn a 6,000 square-foot New Hampshire barn into a home.
Barns give character to the countryside. Their structures reflect the ethnic heritage of a region's settlers and the nature of the land itself. With The Old Barn Book, you'll be...
Organized chronologically and interwoven with MacKay-Lyons's simple and accessible personal narratives, Ghost also features essays by some of the most eminent figures in architectural criticism, including Christine Macy, Brian Carter, Karl ...