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Round Barns of New York (Hardcover, New)
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Round Barns of New York (Hardcover, New)
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List price R659
Loot Price R544
Discovery Miles 5 440
You Save R115 (17%)
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This book begins with an intriguing overview of the first five
round barns built across America, including one in New York State.
Elliott Stewart, who built the first octagon barn in the Empire
State in 1874, is revealed to be a passionate original whose
vigorous editorial campaign led to the construction of dozen such
barns. The author next introduces John McArthur who constructed a
polygonal (sixteen-sided, double octagon) barn so huge it was the
biggest in the state and second largest in the nation! Case
histories document five other singular New York barns of varying
configurations. Abundant photos make these bygone barns spring to
life. Floor plans of the earliest barns show why the round shape
engaged farmers at the turn of the century. The book also explains
why true-round barns, born of silos, surpassed octagon barns in
popularity. A special section on seven true-round barns in New York
offers historical data and rare anecdotes by present owners. This
fascinating chronicle shows how these eccentric barns rose to
fashion, why so few survived in New York State, and why the
remaining are worth studying--and preserving--as legitimate
architecture and as a record of agricultural progress in New York.
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