The historic barns of southeastern Pennsylvania : architecture & preservation, built 1750-1900 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Huber, Gregory D., author.
Imprint:	Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, [2017]
Description:	240 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Barns -- Pennsylvania -- History. Barns -- Pennsylvania -- Conservation and restoration. Barns. Barns -- Conservation and restoration. Pennsylvania.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11392966

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ISBN:	0764353195 9780764353192
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"For anyone who has ever admired a barn on an old country lane, this is the story of that barn and many others in Southeastern Pennsylvania, or, specifically, "the hearth," the area east of the Susquehanna River and South of the Blue Mountains. One of the earliest-settled areas in North America, this region of the Keystone State, which includes Lehigh, Bucks, and Lancaster Counties, is home to an astounding 20,000 standing barns, in various states of repair, built from the late 1700s on. Discussed in this text are the primary factors that have determined the fundamental structures and appearances of the six great barn classifications, including forest resources. Other featured topics are architectural aspects and regionalisms, dates of construction, survival of 18th-century examples, mysterious decorations, and barn preservation. Completing this treatise are representative color photographs, building plan sketches, charts conveying the prevalence of types, and a glossary of barn terms"--provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

Places of discovery
Europe before the first American barns
Early North American barns
Harvesting timbers from North American forests
Ground barns
Sweitzer barns
Standard barns
Up-country posted forebay barns
Minor types of forebay barns. Bank-into-forebay standard barns; double decker barns; Chester County stone-posted barns; Gable ramp standard barns; Stone arches standard barns
English Lake Distric barns
Construction elements
Regional influences
How to date a barn
Eighteenth-century barns : supporting documents and field surveys
The spirit in barns : decorations and mystery marks
Preservation.

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