The Pennsylvania barn : its origin, evolution, and distribution in North America / Robert F. Ensminger.

Main entry:

Ensminger, Robert F., 1927- author.

Title & Author:

The Pennsylvania barn : its origin, evolution, and distribution in North America / Robert F. Ensminger.

Publication:

Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.

Description:

xvii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Series:

Creating the North American landscape

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) and index.
Introduction -- The Origin of the Pennsylvania Barn -- Classification of the Pennsylvania Barn -- The Evolution of the Pennsylvania Barn -- Diffusion and Distribution of the Pennsylvania Barn -- The Future of the Pennsylvania Barn -- Appendix A: Supplemental Sightings of Pennsylvania Barns -- Appendix B: Classification of Pennsylvania Barns by Charles Dornbusch -- Glossary -- References and Selected Bibliography -- Index.

Summary:

The forebay bank barn, better known as the Pennsylvania barn or the Pennsylvania-German barn, is one of the most important agricultural structures to have been brought to North America from Europe. It was so ideally suited to agricultural practices on this side of the Atlantic - at least in the humid East and humid West - that it evolved and spread throughout the corn and wheat belts, from the Tidewater to Nebraska, Washington, and Oregon, from northern New York and Southern Ontario to Tennessee and Texas. In The Pennsylvania Barn Robert Ensminger provides the first comprehensive study of this important piece of American vernacular architecture. He offers a detailed examination of the Swiss prototype, including the emergence of the barn forebay in Switzerland. He traces the evolution of the barn in North America, charts its distribution, and considers its future. The culmination of more than fifteen years of research, The Pennsylvania Barn will prove to be of value not only to cultural and historical geographers but also to everyone with an interest in folklore and architectural history - especially vernacular architecture and material culture. The text is supplemented with more than 40 maps and diagrams and 150 photographs.

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ISBN:

0801843049
9780801843044
0801852528 (pbk.)
9780801852527 (pbk.)

Subject:

Barns Pennsylvania History.
Granges Pennsylvanie Histoire.
Barns.
Maisons rurales États-Unis Pennsylvanie (États-Unis)
Architecture rurale États-Unis Pennsylvanie (États-Unis)
Architecture rurale Amérique du Nord Histoire.
Pennsylvania.
Farms Buildings Architecture History
North America

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Creating the North American landscape.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 327787
Call No.: 327787
Status: Available

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