Barns of Wisconsin
By: Jerry Apps ; with photographs by Steve Apps.
Contributors: Apps, Steve.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Madison, WI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780870204531
Subjects: Barns -- Wisconsin -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Born of the land : barns and people; title: Settlers? structures : pioneer and ethnic barns; title: Popular barn styles : bank barns and variations; title: An alternative form : round and polygonal barns; title: Forms against the sky : barn roofs; title: Stones, sawdust, and sweat : builders and building materials; title: With these hands : building the big timber-frame barns; title: Chust for pretty : barn decorations; title: Something special : unusual barns; title: Towers of ferment : silos; title: The heart of the farm : the farmstead; title: Vanishing landmarks : barn preservation.