Barns of New York
Title | Barns of New York PDF eBook |
Author | Cynthia G. Falk |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 293 |
Release | 2012-05-15 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0801464455 |
Barns of New York explores and celebrates the agricultural and architectural diversity of the Empire State—from Long Island to Lake Erie, the Southern Tier to the North Country—providing a unique compendium of the vernacular architecture of rural New York. Through descriptions of the appearance and working of representative historic farm buildings, Barns of New York also serves as an authoritative reference for historic preservation efforts across the state.Cynthia G. Falk connects agricultural buildings—both extant examples and those long gone—with the products and processes they made and make possible. Great attention is paid not only to main barns but also to agricultural outbuildings such as chicken coops, smokehouses, and windmills. Falk further emphasizes the types of buildings used to support the cultivation of products specifically associated with the Empire State, including hops, apples, cheese, and maple syrup.Enhanced by more than two hundred contemporary and historic photographs and other images, this book provides historical, cultural, and economic context for understanding the rural landscape. In an appendix are lists of historic farm buildings open to the public at living history museums and historic sites. Through a greater awareness of the buildings found on farms throughout New York, readers will come away with an increased appreciation for the state's rich agricultural and architectural legacy.
Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings
Title | Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Durant Visser |
Publisher | UPNE |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2000-10-01 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1611680654 |
A generously illustrated handbook for identifying and understanding structures that symbolize the region's unique cultural and historical landscape
At Home in The American Barn
Title | At Home in The American Barn PDF eBook |
Author | James B. Garrison |
Publisher | Rizzoli Publications |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2016-03-29 |
Genre | House & Home |
ISBN | 0847847497 |
At Home in the American Barn examines the fascinating possibilities for living and adaptive reuse provided by the expansive spaces and rough-hewn look of these traditional structures. Nationwide, Americans are turning to structures such as the barn with a mind to renovating them to fit the lifestyles of today, redesigning these often-wonderful places of the past into residential spaces. At Home in the American Barn embraces the dream to slow things down and return to basics and shares some success stories, as made plain by the buildings themselves.This richly illustrated volume focuses on the barn as home. Each of the structures featured has been adapted from its original utilitarian purpose to allow for comfortable, joyous living. Built at first as places for work, barns nevertheless often demonstrate fine craftsmanship and artistry. This volume emphasizes the rare beauty of these structures and shows throughout elegant solutions for living in these beautifully imagined homes. Soaring rafters here allow for dramatic chandeliers in one home or a wall of magnificent bookcases in another. Spaces that are unconventional in a traditional domestic sense here serve as springboards for inspiration that allow for, in one home, a spiral staircase of fantasy made from hand-planed wood, and, in another, a wall of glass that lets in the sun. At Home in The American Barn shows the way that this can be done successfully and artfully.
Round Barns of New York
Title | Round Barns of New York PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Triumpho |
Publisher | Syracuse University Press |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2004-05-01 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780815607960 |
This book begins with an intriguing overview of the first five round barns built across America, including one in New York State. Elliott Stewart, who built the first octagon barn in the Empire State in 1874, is revealed to be a passionate original whose vigorous editorial campaign led to the construction of a dozen such barns. The author next introduces John McArthur who constructed a polygonal (sixteen-sided, double octagon) barn so huge it was the biggest in the state and second largest in the nation! Case histories document five other singular New York barns of varying configurations. Abundant photos make these bygone barns spring to life. Floor plans of the earliest barns show why the round shape engaged farmers at the turn of the century. The book also explains why true-round barns, born of silos, surpassed octagon barns in popularity. A special section on seven true-round barns in New York offers historical data and rare anecdotes by present owners.
Michigan's Heritage Barns
Title | Michigan's Heritage Barns PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Keithan |
Publisher | MSU Press |
Pages | 150 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Photography |
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Photographer Keithan captures on film the rural landscape's aging and historic barns. But rather than a sad chronicle of America's rural decline, she presents a visual story of endurance and perseverance, of a way of life that continues to thrive. The b&w photographs from each of Michigan's 80 counties are enriched by her narrative, often including histories from the barn owners themselves.
Living Barns
Title | Living Barns PDF eBook |
Author | Ernest Burden |
Publisher | Schiffer Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780764324109 |
"Originally published in the 1970s ... updated with color photographs"--Inside front cover.
BARNS of NY State
Title | BARNS of NY State PDF eBook |
Author | Melvin D Johnston |
Publisher | Independently Published |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-12-13 |
Genre | Art |
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My book first addresses a little story of barns in New York State, delving into the rich barn history intertwined with the rural countryside. These barns, often overlooked landmarks, stand as testaments to the agricultural heritage of New York. After receiving three blue ribbons from the Dallas Professional Photographers Association, I had the confidence to continue my career in photography, capturing the essence and beauty of these iconic structures.