Rising Leviathans:
How Barn Poetry Can Uncover Canadian History By Mikayla Barney, OBP Member and Volunteer Repurposing can come in many forms.…
Category: Definitions
This is a glossary of terms commonly used to refer to barns.
Pintles in Many Places
by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary (expanding upon Wagon Door Hardware, published Feb. 6 2023) More Pintle Hinging Around the Farm…
Wagon Door Hardware — Strap hinges and Pintles
by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary By the mid-1800s, Ontario farmers were increasing their grain production and three-bay English barns…
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…
DIY Identify Key Features of your barn!
by Krista Hulshof Duynisveld
Silence of the Silos
by Joan Corbett-Fujiki, Director/Secretary Ontario Barn Preservation I am not a writer, but have a deep concern and interest in…
Barn Frame Anatomy
This short video illustrates the key components in a classic timber frame barn!
How Olde Is My Barn?
So you have one of Ontario’s heritage barns and you’d like to know how old it is. Well, did you…
RACK-LIFTERS
by Jim Campbell, Duntroon Ontario’s historic timber-frame bank barns are wonderful examples of architectural economy and practicality … at least…