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Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings by Thomas Visser (Paperback, 1997)

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The quintessential New England barn-photogenic, full of character, and framed by flaming autumn foliage-is an endangered species. Of some 30,000 barns in Vermont alone, nearly a thousand a year are lost to fire, collapse, or bulldozers. Thomas Durant Visser's field guide to the barns, silos, sugar houses, granaries, tobacco barns, and potato houses of New England is an attempt to document not just their structure but their traditions and innovations before the surviving architectural evidence of this rich rural heritage is lost forever. A recognized authority on historic barn preservation, Visser has combed the six-state region for representative barns and outbuildings, and 200 of his photographs are reproduced here. The text, which includes accounts from 18th- and 19th-century observers, describes key architectural characteristics, historic uses, and geographic distribution as well as specific features like timbers and frames, sheathings, doors, and cupolas. From English barns to bank barns, from ice houses to outhouses, these irreplaceable assets, Visser writes, linger as vulnerable survivors of the past. Yet before these buildings vanish, each has a story to tell. Travelers, residents, and scholars alike will find Visser's text invaluable in uncovering, understanding, and appreciating the stories inherent in these dwindling cultural artifacts.

Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity Press of New England

ISBN-139780874517712

eBay Product ID (ePID)89623165

Product Key Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

Publication NameField Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1997

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaNatural Science

AuthorThomas Visser

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height232 mm

Item Weight474 g

Item Width163 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Title_AuthorThomas Visser