Barns of the Midwest

by Noble, Allen G.; Wilhelm, Hubert G. H.

• ISBN13: 9780821411162
• ISBN10: 0821411160
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-06-01
• Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr

Summary

'These are not barns of calendar art or sofa-size paintings, but the real, if increasingly scarce buildings of wood, hay and animals. It will be scholarship of this value that helps reserve some of the remaining barns for our continued edification.'

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
The Farm Barns of the American Midwest	p. 1
Early Log-Crib Barn Survivals	p. 24
The Three-Bay Threshing Barn	p. 40
Midwestern Barns and Their Germanic Connections	p. 62
Affordable Barns for the Midwest: Beginnings	p. 80
Dairying and Dairy Barns in the Northern Midwest	p. 99
Tobacco Barns and Sheds	p. 125
Within the Reach of All: Midwest Barns Perfected	p. 147
Corncribs to Grain Elevators: Extensions of the Barn	p. 170
Barns of Nonorthogonal Plan	p. 188
The Modern Midwest Barn: 1900-Present	p. 213
Midwest Barn Decor	p. 237
Preserving the Midwestern Barn	p. 259
In Praise of "Euerlastynge Barnes"	p. 278
Reflections	p. 284
Index	p. 292
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