Download or read book BARNS OF MID AMERICA written by Kathy Martin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For hundreds of years, barns have been a vital image of the American landscape. Barns evoke a sense of tradition, a feeling of security. They have provided shelter; a safe haven for animals of the family farm. Barns have become community landmarks. Is it any wonder there is a growing fascination for these structures? As the small family farm has given way to larger, more commercial farms, so, also, many of the traditional, old style barns have been replaced with utility buildings and pole barns.
Download or read book American Barns written by Jan Corey Arnett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heart of every working farm and ranch, the barn is an icon of rural America. This book chronicles – and celebrates – all the main types, and looks at how these treasures of early American architecture developed. It explains how a wealth of immigrant construction methods and range of environments and climates resulted in a fascinating variety of barn styles in the United States, from the earliest rare Dutch examples to simpler English types and others in more surprising shapes (round or even polygonal) crafted by the Shakers in the 1800s. It highlights the most notable, famous and historic barns that the reader can visit, and features the efforts of conservation groups to preserve America's barns and find innovative ways to repurpose these glorious old structures as homes and studios – and as living monuments of rural heritage.
Download or read book American Barns and Covered Bridges written by Eric Sloane and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lovingly written book presents reliable records of such vanishing forms of architecture as the American barn and covered bridge. Delightful anecdotes accompany accurate line drawings of barns attached to houses, an "open" log barn in Virginia, a "top hat" barn in North Carolina, and more. Over 75 black-and-white illustrations.
Download or read book The Barn written by Eric Ross Arthur and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Barns written by Jan Corey Arnett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heart of every working farm and ranch, the barn is an icon of rural America. This book chronicles – and celebrates – all the main types, and looks at how these treasures of early American architecture developed. It explains how a wealth of immigrant construction methods and range of environments and climates resulted in a fascinating variety of barn styles in the United States, from the earliest rare Dutch examples to simpler English types and others in more surprising shapes (round or even polygonal) crafted by the Shakers in the 1800s. It highlights the most notable, famous and historic barns that the reader can visit, and features the efforts of conservation groups to preserve America's barns and find innovative ways to repurpose these glorious old structures as homes and studios – and as living monuments of rural heritage.
Download or read book American Barns in a Class by Themselves written by Stanley Schuler and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handsome, richly illustrated look at 240 barns from throughout the United States. Here are huge barns and small barns, Pennsylvania Dutch barns and New England barns, horse barns and carriage houses, and countless others are presented with gorgeous pictures and detailed information and descriptions.
Download or read book Barns Across America written by Heber Bouland and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Barn written by Eric Arthur and published by Arrowood Press. This book was released on 1989-09-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the last 200 years, barns have been landmarks of culture. Here is a pictorial record of the barns erected before mechanized construction. 134 full color, 278 black-and-white photographs.
Download or read book Barns of America written by Bill Harris and published by Crescent. This book was released on 1991 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at European barn construction and how it changed in the United States, post-Civil War barns, Shaker barns, Pennsylvania Dutch, English, and German models, and other versions.
Download or read book Barns of the Midwest written by Allen G. Noble and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the architecture, history, social significance and context, and function of perhaps the most ubiquitous features of the Midwestern US landscape and perhaps the most potent symbol of rural life. The 15 essays consider survivals of early log-crib barns, the Germanic roots, dairy and tobacco barns, cost and development, extensions such as grain elevators, nonorthogonal plans, the modern barn, decor, and preservation. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Wisconsin Barns written by Nancy Schumm-Burgess and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the barns of Wisconsin that includes 107 full-color photographs along with details about the structures.
Download or read book The Barn written by Nancy L Mohr and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring photographic tour of picturesque barns illustrates some of the most distinctive regional interpretations of barn design and construction around the country. Full color.
Download or read book The Barn written by Nancy Mohr and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring photographic tour of picturesque barns illustrates some of the most distinctive regional interpretations of barn design and construction around the country. Full color.
Download or read book The American Barn written by David Plowden and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2003 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to the American barn reflects the photographer's visual documentation of numerous structures that nostalgically represent simpler and historical periods in U.S. history. 10,000 first printing.
Download or read book The Old Barn Book written by Allen G. Noble and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From hay barns to corn cribs, from fences to chicken coops, from silos to outhouses, 'The Old Barn Book's' clear drawings, photos, maps, and descriptions make it easy to figure what's what around a farm.
Download or read book Barn written by Susan Hauser and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2017-10 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you ever wanted to learn about traditional American barns is here--from barn history to types of barns to pop culture and mythology about barns.
Download or read book American Barns written by Jill Caravan and published by Running Press Book Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full panorama of regional styles in barns that portrays the soul of the American farm.
