Keywords: Barns
Item 116453
Double barns, Fort Kent, ca. 2010
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 2010 Location: Fort Kent Media: Canvas Print
Item 5427
Maine Chautauqua Union, Fryeburg campgrounds, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Fryeburg Media: Glass Negative
Item 32777
Assessor's Record, 70-72 Bradley Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Frederick Barnes Use: Garage
Item 33032
70-72 Bradley Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Frederick Barnes Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 109102
George Barnes vacation home, Houlton, 1952
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Houlton Client: George Barnes Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 148198
Opportunity Farm cow barn end framing, New Gloucester, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: New Gloucester Client: Opportunity Farm Association Architect: University of Maine Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture
Exhibit
The Barns of the St. John River Valley: Maine's Crowning Jewels
Maine's St. John River Valley boasts a unique architectural landscape. A number of historical factors led to the proliferation of a local architectural style, the Madawaska twin barn, as well as a number of building techniques rarely seen elsewhere. Today, these are in danger of being lost to time.
Exhibit
Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin barn plan, Bangor, 1867
"Martin wrote, "When I build my barn it will be like this if it comes under the head of a possibility."
Site Page
"… The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn Harbor Cottage at Asticou Northeast Harbor Maine ca."
Story
A Smart Horse
by Lynn Peasley Sanborn
The horse brings the hay home while the boys are swimming.
Story
My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph
Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.
