NOTES
(1) Nore V. Winter, "Design on the Farm: A Rural Preservation Forum," Unpublished proceedings from a Conference sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Denver, Colorado, January 13-14, 1986.
(2) Descriptions of the primary barn types featured in this section are heavily indebted to Eric Arthur and Dudley Witney, The Barn: A Vanishing Landmark in North America. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, Ltd., 1972.
(3) John Fitchen, The New World Dutch Barn: A Study of Its Characteristics, Its Structural System, and Its Probable Erectional Procedures. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1968, p 136.
(4) Washington's "round" barn, actually a 16-sided barn, is shown in Lowell J. Soike, Without Right Angles: The Round Barns of Iowa. Des Moines: Iowa State Historical Department, 1983. Round, octagonal and other polygonal barns are normally all classed as "round barns." When it is necessary to be more precise, the term "true round" is used to distinguish round barns from hexagonal, octagonal, or other polygonal barns. The Shaker Round Barn is a true round barn. Gutted by fire in 1864, the barn was rebuilt shortly thereafter. See Polly Matherly and John D. McDermott, Hancock Shaker Village National Historic Landmark study, History Division, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.
(5) In addition to the sources mentioned above, the following studies were important sources for this section: Mark L. Peckham, "Central Plan Dairy Barns of New York Thematic Resources," Albany: New York State Division for Historic Preservation, 1984; and James E. Jacobsen and Cheryl Peterson, "Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment Thematic Resources," Des Moines: Iowa State Historical Department, 1986. These thematic studies document barns listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
(6) Charles Klamkin, Barns: Their History, Preservation, and Restoration. New York: Hawthorn, 1973, p 57.
Selected Reading
Arthur, Eric and Dudley Witney. The Barn: A Vanishing Landmark in North America. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Ltd., 1972.
Fitchen, John. The New World Dutch Barn: A Study of Its Characteristics, Its Structural System, and Its Probable Erectional Procedures. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1968.
Halsted, Byron D., ed. Barns, Sheds and Outbuildings. New York: O. Judd Co., 1881. Rpt.: Brattleboro, VT: Stephen Greene Press, 1977.
Humstone, Mary. Barn Again! A Guide to Rehabilitation of Older Farm Buildings. Des Moines, IA: Meredith Corporation and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1988.
Klamkin, Charles. Barns: Their History, Preservation and Restoration. New York: Hawthorn, 1973.
Schuler, Stanley. American Barns: In a Class by Themselves. Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1984.
Schultz, LeRoy G., comp. Barns, Stables and Outbuildings: A World Bibliography in English, 17001983. Jefferson, NC, and London: McFarland & Co., 1986.
Stokes, Samuel N., et al. Saving America's Countryside: A Guide to Rural Conservation. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989.
Cover photograph: Prairie barn with monitor roof, North Dakota. Photo: Mary Humstone.
Acknowledgements
The author gratefully acknowledges the invaluable assistance of Mary Humstone, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Mountains/Plains Regional Office, and Sharon C. Park, Kay D. Weeks, and Robert Powers of the National Park Service. Significant contributions were also made by Stan Graves, Texas Historical Commission, on behalf of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers; Shirley Dunn, Dutch Barn Preservation Society, Rensselaer, NY; Janis King, Knoxville, IL; Marilyn Fedelchak, National Trust for Historic Preservation; Fred Swader, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Linda McClelland, National Register of Historic Places. In addition, useful comments and technical assistance were provided by the staff of the Technical Preservation Services Branch, directed by H. Ward Jandl, by the cultural resources staff of National Park Service Regional Offices, by Jack Boucher, Catherine Lavoie and Ellen Minnich of the Historic American Buildings Survey, and by Alicia Weber of the Park Historic Architecture Division.
Washington, D.C. October 1989
This publication has been prepared pursuant to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, which directs the Secretary of the Interior to develop and make available information concerning historic properties. Technical Preservation Services(TPS), Heritage Preservation Services Division, National Park Service prepares standards, guidelines, and other educational materials on responsible historic preservation treatments to a broad public.
