Synopses & Reviews
The Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are preserving America's architectural history by gathering a diverse range of historic photographs and architectural designs of buildings throughout the country. Along with seventy black and white photos of barns across the country, this book includes more than 90 architectural plans that feature wooden frame joinery. Color photos, GPS coordinates and a brief history of many of the locations are also included.
Review
General readers, architects, engineers, and historians will enjoy this detailed introduction to 19th century/early 20th-century American barn architecture. The 14 chapters celebrate 14 historic structures located in 11 states from around the US. Each chapter opens with a brief overview of the featured barn, including when it was built, how it was used, and its unique properties. Each structure is documented with scale drawings, detailed elevations, architectural plans, and b&w photographs accompanied by explanatory captions. The book includes a foreword by Gregory D. Huber, barn and house historian, independent scholar, and consultant based in Pennsylvania.
Synopsis
The Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections are dedicated to preserving America’s architectural history by gathering a diverse range of historic photographs and architectural designs of buildings throughout the country. These collections are some of the largest and most often used by the Library of Congress.
Along with seventy black and white photos of barns across the country from the HABS/HAER website, this book includes over ninety architectural plans that feature the wooden frame joinery used to construct the barns. In this book, readers will find unique architectural structures, such as the round George Hall Barn, as well as barns that played a critical role in several different Civil War battles. A brief history of many of the locations is also included, courtesy of material found of the HABS/HAER website.
Synopsis
Many people know a barn from its exterior aspects, but few know the interior traits and features of these fascinating old structures and how they were conceived and constructed. While some barns have disappeared from the American landscape, many have been captured in the collections of the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), preserving their architectural history through photographs and architectural drawings. As part of the Built in America series, Barns: A Close-Up Look takes an in-depth tour of fourteen historic barns, authoritatively documenting these structures with more than 90 scale drawings, detailed elevations, architectural plans, and 70 photographs in crisp black and white photography. Among others, you'll discover the remarkable round George Hall Barn, the famous Culp Farm Barn, which played a critical role in the Battle of Gettysburg, and the fascinating John Black Jr. Barn. To provide an even more intimate tour, architectural drawings reveal the historic nineteenth-century wood frame joinery techniques that make barn interiors such architectural marvels. And, to set the tone of your tour, barn and house historian Gregory D. Huber provides a foreword that emphasizes just how special barns are to the history and fabric of our country.
About the Author
Editor Alan Giagnocavo - Alan is the Publisher for Fox Chapel Publishing, Skills Institute Press, Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine, and Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Magazine. He has worked in the publishing industry his entire adult life, and currently spends his time aquiring new products and in market development.
Co-Author Historic American Building Survey (HABS) - Established in 1933, HABS was developed to preserve the architectural history of America. formed by the American Institue of Architects, The Library of Congress and the National Park Service, HABS is America's first federal preservation program and works to collect historic architectural photos and documents on a national scale. Learn more at http://www.nps.gov/history/hdp/habs/index.htm.
Table of Contents
Foreword Cochran Grange Barn Culp Farm Barn Fountaingrove Barn George Hall Barn John and Marry Felderman Farm Barn John Black Jr. Barn John R. Trimm Barn Kineth Farm Barn Kramer-Witte Barn M.V. Riddle Barn Reuben Ross Barn Rutherford Barn Shaker Church Family Cow Barn T. A. Leonard Barn Index