American barns

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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…

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Title Statements

Full title :American barns / Jan Corey Arnett.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):SHIRE PUBLICATIONS
Place of Publication:Oxford, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : color illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780747814269, 0747814260
oclc:ocn858912123
LC Classification:NA8230
Dewey Decimal:728.90973

Cover; Title; Contents; A Barn by any Other Name; The Heart of Every Farm; Form, Fit, and Function; Barns in Decline; When Everything Old is New Again; Places to Visit; Glossary; Further Reading; Imprint.

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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings Barns -- Conservation and restoration Barns -- Conservation and restoration -… Granges -- Conservation et restauration… HOUSE & HOME -- Design & Construction Social & Cultural History Traditional trades & skills United States