Why are barns painted red?
by Thomas Durant Visser, Professor of Historic Preservation, University of Vermont, courtesy of The Conversation. This excerpt from The Conversation…
Blog – All things Ontario Barns (page 8)
Foundations: An Achilles Heel for Barns
by Jim Campbell, Duntroon The lowest floor level of most Ontario barns was used for housing animals whose body heat…
Summer Beam: Definition
by Jon Radojkovic SUMMER BEAM The reason I wanted to define “Summer Beam” was that I was reading one of…
A Beaver Valley Barn Visit
by Hugh Fraser, Director, Ontario Barn Preservation On Sunday, October 24, 2021, Ontario Barn Preservation (OBP) teamed up with the…
Update #2 on the Ontario Barn Preservation Survey
by Randy Bagg, University of Guelph In my first blog (published July 19th), I outlined the efforts of the Ontario…
Early Barns of Central & Eastern Ontario
© J. Phillips Jenny Phillips is the Ontario Barn Preservation’s Regional Representative for Elgin, Middlesex, Chatham-Kent and Lambton Counties. She…
Update on the Ontario Barn Preservation Survey
Hello, my name is Randy Bagg. I am the second University of Guelph student to work on the Ontario Barn…
DIY Identify Key Features of your barn!
by Krista Hulshof Duynisveld
Silence of the Silos
by Joan Corbett-Fujiki, Director/Secretary Ontario Barn Preservation I am not a writer, but have a deep concern and interest in…
THE BURLY BARN
by Jenny Phillips, OBP Regional Rep for Middlesex, Elgin, Chatham Kent and Lambton, originally published in her book “Does it…