The quintessential New England barn-photogenic, full of character,
and framed by flaming autumn foliage-is an endangered species. Of
some 30,000 barns in Vermont alone, nearly a thousand a year are
lost to fire, collapse, or bulldozers. Thomas Durant Visser's field
guide to the barns, silos, sugar houses, granaries, tobacco barns,
and potato houses of New England is an attempt to document not just
their structure but their traditions and innovations before the
surviving architectural evidence of this rich rural heritage is
lost forever.
A recognized authority on historic barn preservation, Visser has
combed the six-state region for representative barns and
outbuildings, and 200 of his photographs are reproduced here. The
text, which includes accounts from 18th- and 19th-century
observers, describes key architectural characteristics, historic
uses, and geographic distribution as well as specific features like
timbers and frames, sheathings, doors, and cupolas. From English
barns to bank barns, from ice houses to outhouses, these
irreplaceable assets, Visser writes, "linger as vulnerable
survivors of the past. Yet before these buildings vanish, each has
a story to tell." Travelers, residents, and scholars alike will
find Visser's text invaluable in uncovering, understanding, and
appreciating the stories inherent in these dwindling cultural
artifacts.
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