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… Continue reading “The Old Barn Model: The Final Product (Part 3 of 3)”…
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… Continue reading “The Old Barn Model: The Swing Beam Barn and Its Challenges (Part 2 of 3)”…
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… Continue reading “The Old Barn Model: A Serendipitous Encounter (Part 1 of 3)”…
How to Build a Windproof Barn in 1935 Thanks to OBP’s Administrative Assistant Laura Brown for finding this amazing article in American Builder, August issue of 1935! This… Continue reading “How to Build a Windproof Barn in 1935”…
Pintles in Many Places by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary (expanding upon Wagon Door Hardware, published Feb. 6 2023) More Pintle Hinging Around the Farm… Continue reading “Pintles in Many Places”…
Edgemont Barn Author: Adam Foreman Msc., Museum Collections Manager; Erland Lee (Museum) HomeEditor: Sharifa Riley, Museum Curator; Erland Lee (Museum) Home The… Continue reading “Edgemont Barn”…
The Peace Barn by Alycin Hayes, Echo Hill Wildlife Sanctuary. I love old barns and wanted to share with you a few photos… Continue reading “The Peace Barn”…
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… Continue reading “Wagon Door Hardware — Strap hinges and Pintles”…
Enns Barn Painting Collection: Installment 1 of 5 For the coming month Ontario Barn Preservation is pleased to bring to you barn paintings from the collection of David… Continue reading “Enns Barn Painting Collection: Installment 1 of 5”…
Preserving Old Ontario Barns in the On-Line World: Part 5 of 5, Creating a secure, centralized and sustainable database by Hugh Fraser This blog appears throughout November and December 2020 with the following topics that build upon each other.… Continue reading “Preserving Old Ontario Barns in the On-Line World: Part 5 of 5, Creating a secure, centralized and sustainable database”…