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Rising Leviathans

How Barn Poetry Can Uncover Canadian History By Mikayla Barney, OBP Member and Volunteer Repurposing can come in many forms. The literary legacy of a structure can be just as important as the real...

Education in Eramosa: Part 2 – Exploring the OAC Dairy Barns

By Emma Rutledge In this month’s blog post, we have an article written by Emma Rutledge, who is a history student at University of Guelph. Experiential learning is a great way for students to get out...

Education in Eramosa

Part 1 – Exploring Farmer Tim’s Historic Barns Written by Emma Rutledge Foreword written and edited by Mikayla Barney In this month’s blog post, we have an article written by Emma Rutledge, who is a...

Iowa Barn Tour: Part 2 of 2

Zwingle Barn, part of the Fall 2023 Iowa Barn Tour This is post 1 of 2 in the series “Iowa Barn Tour” State of Iowa fall barn 2023 tour. Iowa Barn Tour: Part 2 of 2 Iowa Barn Tour: Part 1 of 2 State...

An Itinerant Historian With a Camera

GORDON BECK PHOTOGRAPHY by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary Part 1 “When people say, ‘There used to be a barn here,’ it is too late.” The acclaimed photojournalist, Gordon Beck, took this to heart and his...

An Itinerant Historian With a Camera

GORDON BECK PHOTOGRAPHY by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary Part 2 – continued from last week Gordon understood the future value of his photographs and his goal was to “document and photograph the...

The New Custodians: Part 3 of 3

by Cathy and Richard Cooper, Kingston Continued from Part 2 published May 1st. | Part 1 published May 1st. We learned that the original 100 acres was first granted in 1775 to Silas Johnstone as part...

The New Custodians: Part 2 of 3

by Cathy and Richard Cooper, Kingston Continued from Part 1 published May 1st. | Part 3 published May 1st. Travis’s plan included a complete deconstruction of the existing barn. A review of what we...

The New Custodians: Part 1 of 3

by Cathy and Richard Cooper, Kingston Continue to Part 2 published May 1st. | Part 3 published May 1st. We knew the barn on our property had been there a long time, as we were told by the insurance...

An Itinerant Historian With a Camera

GORDON BECK PHOTOGRAPHY by Claudia Smith, OBP Secretary Part 3, continued from last week Gordon worked for the Montreal Gazette for 25 years chronicling Montreal’s history from Expo 67 to...

Artist Creates Images of Bruce County Barns

By: John C. Carter, OBP Regional Representative It is always gratifying to learn of an Ontario artist who is documenting and creating images of Ontario barns. Such is the case of Southampton/Oakville...

Most common Myth of Barn Conversions: Part 2

“My Barn has been standing for 100 years it should be good to go!” Most common Myth of Barn Conversions: Part 2 of 2 By Krista Hulshof continued from Part 1 published on August 15th Some of the...