Jay B Posted February 8, 2016 Share #1 Posted February 8, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) The Round BarnShelburne Museum, Shelburne, VermontThe Round Barn by Leica Jay, on Flickr 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 Hi Jay B, Take a look here The Round Barn. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pico Posted February 9, 2016 Share #2 Posted February 9, 2016 (edited) Good for you! The decline of round barns was, IMHO, due to the imposition of regional standards for roof-beams. The trend was to enforce certain 'engineering standards' for roof designs in order to focus profits to those who manufactured pre-made joists. Farmer/builders were too clever for the ready-made mavens. I lived through that era as a wood constructor builder, a framer. It was, is, and entirely irrational enforcement - local pre-build idiots could not make them insta-builds so they called to outlaw them. . Edited February 9, 2016 by pico Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Taylor Posted February 9, 2016 Share #3 Posted February 9, 2016 Yes, a truley great example of government getting involved , very nice shot Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
war Posted February 9, 2016 Share #4 Posted February 9, 2016 Good for you! The decline of round barns was, IMHO, due to the imposition of regional standards for roof-beams. The trend was to enforce certain 'engineering standards' for roof designs in order to focus profits to those who manufactured pre-made joists. Farmer/builders were too clever for the ready-made mavens. I lived through that era as a wood constructor builder, a framer. It was, is, and entirely irrational enforcement - local pre-build idiots could not make them insta-builds so they called to outlaw them. . And now we've sadly progressed to prefab steel "Butler Buildings" and the like, totally dissonant with nature the rural landscape and skilled craftsmanship. Thanks Jay. Beautiful photograph. Luckily we still have a few of these beauties in Illinois. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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