Round Barns Of America

Author : Robert Kroeger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1956027335

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Round Barns of America by Robert Kroeger Pdf

Yes, these barns were round or any polygonal shape without a right angle: circular, octagonal, even hexadecagonal. Many--but not all--farmers who built them were affluent, prosperous enough to take a chance on an eccentric shape. Their histories are equally unique. The oldest existing round barn, a nine-sided one, located in the town of Angelica in western New York, features the story of John Church and his wife Angelica, sister of Elizabeth Schuyler, wife of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Did Thomas Jefferson's love of the octagonal rub off on Angelica, who spent years in Paris with Jefferson? Did President George Washington's 16-sided barn play a role in Angelica's design? Join the author as he documents these curious barns--from the east coast to the west coast--and enjoy the colorful stories, some of them intriguing rags to riches tales such as Absalom Jennings and his Nutwood, the brick round barn, built in 1858 in Ohio, and Schandor Herz, born in Slovakia in the 19th century and raised in Chicago, finishing his years on a sumptuous Kentucky horse farm in Bourbon County and its rare tetradecagonal barn. Together, these 75 round barns represent a cross section of American pioneers, dating from years before the American Revolution to the glory decades of round barns--1870s to 1920s. It's quintessential Americana.

Author : John T. Hanou
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612496474

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A Round Indiana by John T. Hanou Pdf

Rounds barns are architectural phenomena that have graced rural America for over a century. Today the few that survive stand as symbols of another generation’s innovation and ingenuity. To understand the importance of these buildings is to begin to understand the story of farming in America. A Round Indiana: Round Barns in the Hoosier State, Second Edition documents the 265 round barns identified in the history of Indiana. This book contains more than 300 modern and historical photographs alongside nearly 40 line drawings and plans. Author and award-winning photographer John T. Hanou combed through often-forgotten documents to tell the fascinating story of the farmers, builders, and architects who championed the innovative construction techniques. This second edition of A Round Indiana provides updated information on an additional 39 round barns discovered in Indiana’s history. Of the 265 total round barns found at one time on the plains of Indiana, only 72 remain standing. A Round Indiana is a tribute to the state’s endangered buildings and a work to be treasured by those interested in the history of Indiana, architecture, and agriculture.

Author : Richard Triumpho
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0815607962

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Round Barns of New York by Richard Triumpho Pdf

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.

Author : Robert Frydenlund
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0975559400

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How to Build and Love Your Own Round Barn by Robert Frydenlund Pdf

Perhaps nothing stands as a symbol of rural life as common or eloquent as the old family barn. Remains of the legacy of round barns are scattered THINLY across our country. This is a book about the creation and building of round barns in America. It depicts the history, technology, schematics and passion used by their creators. It includes 40 + original, vintage construction photos, and 30+ original, vintage black/white floor plan drawings. This is a compilation about the building of the original 3 round barns at The University of Illinois-Urbana.

Author : Lowell J. Soike,Iowa. Office of Historic Preservation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Barns
ISBN : MINN:31951000031518F

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Without Right Angles by Lowell J. Soike,Iowa. Office of Historic Preservation Pdf

Includes catalog of 160 round barns in Iowa.

Author : Jan Corey Arnett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780747814269

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American Barns by Jan Corey Arnett Pdf

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 polygonal) crafted by the Shakers in the 1800s. It highlights the most notable, famous and historic barns that the reader can visit, and features the efforts of conservation groups to preserve America's barns and find innovative ways to repurpose these glorious old structures as homes and studios – and as living monuments of rural heritage.

Author : Jan Corey Arnett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780747814276

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American Barns by Jan Corey Arnett Pdf

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 polygonal) crafted by the Shakers in the 1800s. It highlights the most notable, famous and historic barns that the reader can visit, and features the efforts of conservation groups to preserve America's barns and find innovative ways to repurpose these glorious old structures as homes and studios – and as living monuments of rural heritage.

Author : Chris Harris
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-27
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781446156964

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EAST from FRISCO - on the Trail of America's Soul by Chris Harris Pdf

Not 'just another travelog' ' this is a light-hearted blend of observation, anecdote, humor and history, all sympathetically portrayed through the perceptive pen of a guest from Europe. The book was inspired by a USA coast-to-coast expedition from San Francisco to Washington DC to raise funds for charity (ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease), undertaken for much of the way in a 30-year-old open top 'classic' car along the historic Route 66. Little escapes review ' from cow-chip throwing to IndyCar racing; from poker running to the deeply ingrained religiosity of bible belt America. The story ranges from the sparkling waters of San Francisco Bay, via Amarillo in the Texas panhandle, to shipwreck in the pounding Atlantic surf off Cape Hatteras. People and places, and triumphs and tragedies of American history, all are there. The distinctive style is the author's own ' although he likes to think it is inspired by the best of Bryson, RL Stevenson and JK Jerome. Enjoy!

Author : John Roscoe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0998148997

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Minnesota's Round Barns by John Roscoe Pdf

Author : Bill Harris
Publisher : Crescent
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Barns
ISBN : 0517053128

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Barns of America by Bill Harris Pdf

Looks at European barn construction and how it changed in the United States, post-Civil War barns, Shaker barns, Pennsylvania Dutch, English, and German models, and other versions.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B5125990

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Bills and Administrative Proposal to Invest OCS Revenues in Conservation Programs by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Pdf

Author : Randy Leffingwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Barns
ISBN : 1610603532

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Barns by Randy Leffingwell Pdf

Author : Matthew P. Mayo,Jennifer Smith-Mayo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780762786336

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Vermont Icons by Matthew P. Mayo,Jennifer Smith-Mayo Pdf

The state of Vermont is illustrated through gorgeous photographs and evocative essays, showcasing 50 iconic places, events, inventions, foods, and objects from the Green Mountain State.

Author : Michael Auer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Barns
ISBN : UIUC:30112029032445

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The Preservation of Historic Barns by Michael Auer Pdf

Author : Rick Antonson
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781620875551

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Route 66 Still Kicks by Rick Antonson Pdf

“You’ll never understand America until you’ve driven Route 66—that’s old Route 66—all the way,” a truck driver in California once said to author Rick Antonson. “It’s the most famous highway in the world.” With some determination, grit, and a good sense of direction, one can still find and drive on 90 percent of the original Route 66 today. This travelogue follows Rick and his travel companion Peter along 2,400 miles through eight states from Chicago to Los Angeles as they discover the old Route 66. With surprising and obscure stories about Route 66 personalities like Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, Al Capone, Salvador Dali, Dorothea Lange, Cyrus Avery (the Father of Route 66), the Harvey Girls, Mickey Mantle, and Bobby Troup (songwriter of “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”), Antonson’s fresh perspective reads like an easy drive down a forgotten road: winding, stopping now and then to mingle with the locals and reminisce about times gone by, and then getting stuck in the mud, sucked into its charms. Rick mixes hilarious anecdotes of happenstance travel with the route’s difficult history, its rise and fall in popularity, and above all, its place in legend. The author has committed part of his book’s proceeds to the preservation work of the National Route 66 Federation.