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Discover stories, insights, and technical know-how from barn owners, preservationists, and OBP experts dedicated to keeping Ontario’s barns standing tall.
All things Ontario Barns
Ontario’s barns are physical records of the province’s agricultural journey. In the early 1800s, settlers constructed simple log barns that reflected European building traditions and made use of...
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...
Remembering Jenny Phillips
by Laura Brown, OBP Administrative Assistant and Volunteer Jenny Phillips,...
Continue Reading....Documenting the Loss of Old
Posted by Darrell Randell, OBP Member and Regional Representative A...
Continue Reading....Worked at Well: The Stable
by D. B. McCowan, P.Eng. (bmccowan@netrover.com) An old wooden pump sitting in...
Continue Reading....Traditional Barns in Quebec: Part
by Arthur Plumpton, member of OBP The genesis of nineteenth...
Continue Reading....Traditional Barns in Quebec: Part
by Arthur Plumpton, member of OBP You may have wondered...
Continue Reading....The Old Barn Model: The
by Hugh Fraser, OBP President for 2023-2024 In the first...
Continue Reading....The Old Barn Model: The
by Hugh Fraser, OBP President for 2023-2024 In the first...
Continue Reading....The Old Barn Model: A
by Hugh Fraser, OBP President for 2023-2024 In September 2022,...
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