The Return of the Barn Swallows
Excerpts of an email to OBP by member Ted Spearing, edited by Jim Campbell I’m writing back in response to…
Tag: preserving (page 3)
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…
Worked at Well: The Stable Pump
by D. B. McCowan, P.Eng. (bmccowan@netrover.com) An old wooden pump sitting in Bill McCowan’s (1923-2018) barn in Pickering probably came…
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…
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…
Edgemont Barn
Author: Adam Foreman Msc., Museum Collections Manager; Erland Lee (Museum) HomeEditor: Sharifa Riley, Museum Curator; Erland Lee (Museum) Home The…