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Take what is left of this stone silo nestled next to its brotherly barn as an example of solid rural barn architecture that transcends centuries.
Rest assured that Frank Lloyd Wright would have "tipped his hat" at its sight.
A classic "Prairie Style" home by Wright, 1908 circa.
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The log barn is not an American invention, but because the pioneer found a wealth of wood in the New World, the log architecture was natural, and soon became complex and varied. Many have been the barns that were first used as the family home and later turned over to animal shelters and storage.
Photograph taken from: www.iowabarnfoundation.org
Detail designs from: “An Age of Barns” by Eric Sloane, ISBN 0-89658-565-4
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Here is the barn as architecture: a structure of crucks and beams, purlins and plates. Here is the barn as an epitome of “vernacular” architecture – the use of native materials in the interest of simple, powerful design – a symbol of shelter and harvest, warmth and honest effort.
thoughts taken from:
"BARN – The Art of a Working Building"
by Elric Endersby, Alexander Greenwood, and David Larkin
ISBN 0-395-57372-6
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