The Round Barn

[Jay B]

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The Round Barn
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont


The Round Barn by Leica Jay, on Flickr

[pico]

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.

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Edited February 9, 2016 by pico

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[Hank Taylor]

Yes, a truley great example of government getting involved , very  nice shot

[war]

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.

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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.