The New World Dutch Barn: The Evolution, Forms, and Structure of a Disappearing Icon - Paperback

by John Fitchen (Author), Gregory D. Huber (Editor)

Gregory D. Huber updates John Fitchen's The New World Dutch Barn with extensive new material. Added to Fitchen's descriptions of barn types, framing style, and exterior appearance is research information that relates to the form, fabric, and essence of each Dutch barn. Huber notes the secondary expressions seen in barns in various locations in both New York and New Jersey, the evolution of the barn building tradition, and why only one of the four major tie-beam types found in the Netherlands proliferates in America.

Author Biography

John Fitchen was a professor of fine arts at Colgate University and a registered architect
and author of Gothic Cathedrals: A Study of Medieval Vault Erection and Building Construction Before Mechanization.