Barn: Preservation and Adaptation, The Evolution of a Vernacular Icon

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This richly illustrated volume from leading barn historians and preservationists is a party of a quintessential American architectural form. Widely revered yet often vanishing from our cultural landscape, the barn is an expression of pastoral romance, painstaking craftsmanship, and tradition. The authors, both practitioners of historic barn restoration, offer a tribute to and exploration of the many extant forms of the American barn, following the evolution of the form from this country’s earliest days to these days, when these structures are repurposed as country lofts and spaces for living. They also show successful efforts to restore, adapt, and repurpose these simple, soulful structures. Barns embody the ethos of any other age, one still to be found in these beautiful buildings. Because of the ravages of time, weather, and neglect, these crucial American edifices are threatened as never before. Barn afficionados and enchanting storytellers, the authors demonstrate here a profound love and respect for the form. Their book reminds us that barns are as much part of us as our love of apple pie and must be cherished for their artistry and cultural significance. This revised and up to date edition of Barn coincides with the premiere of the PBS series Barnstruck and describes the process of barn preservation through relocation, specializing in the work of The New Jersey Barn Company, whose dedicated efforts over thirty-five years have saved more than 150 structures.

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