Documenting the Loss of Old Barns in Sombra Township
Posted by Darrell Randell, OBP Member and Regional Representative A long-time volunteer at the Sombra Township Museum, the late Charlie…
Category: Advocacy
An Itinerant Historian With a Camera
GORDON BECK PHOTOGRAPHY by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary Part 3, continued from last week … Gordon worked for the Montreal…
An Itinerant Historian With a Camera
GORDON BECK PHOTOGRAPHY by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary Part 2 – continued from last week … Gordon understood the future…
A Word of Caution
by John Uren Some words of caution to your readers. It’s easy to assume, as I did, that if the…
Surplus Farm dwelling Severance Policy & how it has affected Ontario Barns
A letter to Ontario Municipalities This is a follow up to our research into surplus farm dwellings and how it…
Traditional Barns in Quebec: Part 2 of 2
by Arthur Plumpton, member of OBP The genesis of nineteenth century traditional barns Part 1 looked at the traditional…
Traditional Barns in Quebec: Part 1 of 2
by Arthur Plumpton, member of OBP You may have wondered about the architectural similarities and differences amongst heritage barns in…
The Old Barn Model: The Final Product (Part 3 of 3)
by Hugh Fraser, OBP President for 2023-2024 In the first blog of this series, I described my serendipitous meeting with…
The Old Barn Model: The Swing Beam Barn and Its Challenges (Part 2 of 3)
by Hugh Fraser, OBP President for 2023-2024 In the first blog of this series, I described my serendipitous meeting with…
The Old Barn Model: A Serendipitous Encounter (Part 1 of 3)
by Hugh Fraser, OBP President for 2023-2024 In September 2022, I worked three days on behalf of Ontario Barn Preservation…