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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Here's a link with some photos of barns from your part of the country.. It 
also has reference links.  I believe Howard Marshall ives close to your area. 
 I've, also, always been interested in old and even new barn designs.  I once 
dated a girl who lived in a large apartment in the loft of her father's horse 
barn.  http://missourifolkloresociety.truman.edu/mobarns.html

....bobford


--- On Tue, 6/24/08, VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Barns was: tobacco and pipes
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 10:31 AM
> thanx,  I will do that.  I have Erik Sloan's book and
> a couple others but they mostly deal with the overall
> layout and don't get into much of the details about
> the work that made the function that created the form
> those barns were built.
> How I wish I could spend a few hours with my favorite
> granduncle, asking questions that have come up since
> his passing.
> Van Dell
> sheesh .. that last sentence sounds maudlin...L
> 
> 
> 
> --- bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Van Dell, you are probably already familiar with his
> > reearch , if not google Howard Marshall along with
> > barns....bobford
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Tue, 6/24/08, VAN DELL JORDAN
> > <vdjor AT yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>
> > > Subject: [Homestead] Barns was: tobacco and pipes
> > > To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 9:45 AM
> > > I am envious of the barn some friends have
> > acquired. 
> > > They found a farm being sold and bought the 4
> > acres
> > > that contained the farmstead.  There is an old
> > barn
> > > set into a slope, animals kept on ground floor
> dug
> > > half into the hill and the main floor has drive
> in
> > > double doors on the other side of the barn.  I
> > don't
> > > understand why there were so few barns built like
> > that
> > > in this area.
> > > The ground floor walls are stone, with clay(?)
> for
> > > mortar, at least it looks, feels, and tastes like
> > clay
> > > so short of analysis....
> > > The beams holding up the main floor are hand
> hewn,
> > > though I think the wall and floor boards are from
> > a
> > > saw mill.
> > > The loft is to one side, almost like a mezzanine.
> 
> > The
> > > area between the big doors is open to the roof,
> > > perhaps to allow pitching hay from a wagon into
> > the
> > > loft, though perhaps the rest of the main floor
> > except
> > > the drive area was for storing hay and that loft
> > may
> > > be just a way to use the space above a grain bin.
> 
> > > Opposite the drive in doors on the main floor is
> > > another pair of large doors but the sill on these
> > is
> > > at least six feet off the ground.  Since I see no
> > sign
> > > of ever a way to drive up through that door, my
> > guess
> > > is that it might have been for winnowing grain.  
> > > I know at one point that was how grain was
> > separated
> > > doors on both sides of the threshing floor to let
> > > breezes carry the chaff away.
> > > My guess is that this barn goes back to at least
> > civil
> > > war.  So far they've shown no interest in
> letting
> > me
> > > dismantle in order to rebuild at my place.  I
> > guess
> > > the fact that they value this shows why we are
> > > friends.
> > > I am interested of course in any information
> about
> > > this or questions that I might want to look into.
> 
> > I
> > > am an amateur architect and history buff so I
> read
> > and
> > > study this sort of this a lot, though not
> > > systematically.  Most of the barns that I have
> > > personal experience with dated from about 1900. 
> > Most
> > > buildings around here older that were replaced
> > before
> > > my time.  Now most of what I remember has been
> > > replaced with structures that are modern,
> > practical
> > > (at least in today's world) and very
> mundane....
> > > Oh yes the owner is now a subscriber to this
> > group, so
> > > welcome and feel free to add any comments.
> > > Van Dell
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> > >  but it's a pity that 
> > > > there's no practical reason to preserve
> the old
> > > > barns any longer.  And they 
> > > > are slowly falling to the ground.
> > > > 
> > > > Many of the barns had cow stalls and dairies
> on
> > the
> > > > ground level, but keeping 
> > > > dairly animals is about gone too.
> > > > 
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