The Barn Project

Barn on Fay Mt Rd, Grafton

 

Sweetwilliam Farm, Upton

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A Local Initiative to Digitally Capture Our Rural Past

The Barn Project - For description, click here.

• For forms, click here. Thanks.

This will become a running log of Valley barns and their history soon!

•  What Kind of Barn Do You Have? 

• Overview of NE Barn History 

• Suggested Reading/Resources

Other Buildings

Photographer Tom Collins Weblog of Beautiful Photos of Barns   

Any donations made will be used for creating a dedicated website, establishing non-profit status, ongoing graphic design and gathering historic documentation of each barn. An accounting will be maintained and available to the public, upon request, if donations are made. Names will be recorded unless a request for anonymity is made.

Steps to Preserve Your Barn:

1. Know What You Have - Photo -Documentation of Exiting Conditions (Cost Estimates) & Get Oral and Written History

2. Stabilization - You Can Do Something Now. Give yourself time to plan and contact resources, including giving time for right craftsman to get there.

3. Rigging. Prepare for Rigging. Be safe, be careful and thorough but know when to stop.

4. Traditional Timber Frame Repair Joinery, Foundation Repairs, Roof Repairs.

5. Finishing - Save historical integrity. Be practical and prepare for adaptive re-use.

6. Maintenance: Create a maintenance schedule, get insurance (replacement policy and fire protection). Get preservation easements.

Local Resources

The Lawrence Barn

Preservation Mass Barn Non-Profit

Topsfield MA Historic Gould Barn

Aaron Sturgis // Jack Sobon (Experts)

IMPORTANT LINKS

The Timber Framers Guild

Preservation Trades network (PTN)

Historic Windsor Inc, The Preservation Institute

Survey Checklist

 

Herb Farm Barn in Chepachet, R.I.

Bosma Hoop Barn in Douglas, MA

Douglas Flea Market at the National historic register Bosma Dutch Hoop Barn (Photos by Tom Collins)