A Conversation about Lightning Rods
Excerpts courtesy of OBP Secretary Claudia Smith and OBP Director Will Samis. CLAUDIA: From my personal experience, as well as…
Category: Technical Advice
Information about barns, their parts, and how they work together.
The Canada Farmer, 1864
by Diana Macdonald While doing research in The Canada Farmer, a fortnightly news journal printed in Toronto, from 1864 (slowing…
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…
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…
Wagon Door Hardware — Strap hinges and Pintles
by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary By the mid-1800s, Ontario farmers were increasing their grain production and three-bay English barns…
Most common Myth of Barn Conversions: Part 2
“My Barn has been standing for 100 years it should be good to go!” Most common Myth of Barn Conversions:…
Most common Myth of Barn Conversions: Part 1
“My Barn has been standing for 100 years it should be good to go!” Most common Myth of Barn Conversions:…
In Search of Barn Folk Art (continued)
My name is Claudia Smith. I have been photographing, studying and collecting oral history about the old barns of Lanark…
In Search of Barn Folk Art
by Claudia Smith I have been photographing, studying and collecting oral history about the old barns of Lanark County and…