The Annual Return of the Barn Swallow
by Donald Hilborn, Director Ontario Barn Preservation. The Barn Swallow, officially known as Hirundo Rustica, arrives in Ontario each spring…
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In Search of Barn Folk Art (continued)
My name is Claudia Smith. I have been photographing, studying and collecting oral history about the old barns of Lanark…
In Search of Barn Folk Art
by Claudia Smith I have been photographing, studying and collecting oral history about the old barns of Lanark County and…
Why are barns painted red?
by Thomas Durant Visser, Professor of Historic Preservation, University of Vermont, courtesy of The Conversation. This excerpt from The Conversation…
Foundations: An Achilles Heel for Barns
by Jim Campbell, Duntroon The lowest floor level of most Ontario barns was used for housing animals whose body heat…
Summer Beam: Definition
by Jon Radojkovic SUMMER BEAM The reason I wanted to define “Summer Beam” was that I was reading one of…
A Beaver Valley Barn Visit
by Hugh Fraser, Director, Ontario Barn Preservation On Sunday, October 24, 2021, Ontario Barn Preservation (OBP) teamed up with the…
Update #2 on the Ontario Barn Preservation Survey
by Randy Bagg, University of Guelph In my first blog (published July 19th), I outlined the efforts of the Ontario…
Early Barns of Central & Eastern Ontario
© J. Phillips Jenny Phillips is the Ontario Barn Preservation’s Regional Representative for Elgin, Middlesex, Chatham-Kent and Lambton Counties. She…
Update on the Ontario Barn Preservation Survey
Hello, my name is Randy Bagg. I am the second University of Guelph student to work on the Ontario Barn…