The Historic Barns of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Architecture & Preservation, Built 1750?1900

by Gregory D. Huber

Overview

For anyone who has ever admired a barn on an old country lane, this is the story of that barn and many others in Southeastern Pennsylvania, or, specifically, "the hearth," the area east of the Susquehanna River and South of the Blue Mountains. One of the earliest-settled areas in North America, this region of the Keystone State, which includes Lehigh, Bucks, and Lancaster Counties, is home to an astounding 20,000 standing barns, in various states of repair, built from the early 1800s on. Discussed in this text are the primary factors that have determined the fundamental structures and appearances of the six great barn classifications, including forest resources. Other featured topics are architectural aspects and regionalisms, dates of construction, survival of 18th-century examples, mysterious decorations, and barn preservation. Completing this treatise are representative color photographs, building plan sketches, charts conveying the prevalence of types, and a glossary of barn terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764353192
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	07/28/2017
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	355,611
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 11.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Greg Huber is a barn and house historian, consultant and ownerof Past Perspectives and Eastern Barn Consultants—historiccultural resource companies. He has authored more than 210 articles on houseand barn architecture and is co-author of two books.