The New World Dutch Barn

The Evolution, Forms, and Structure of a Disappearing Icon

Author: John Fitchen and Gregory D. Huber

Updates the highly acclaimed original edition with extensive new material that relates to the form, essence, and age of each Dutch barn as well as the evolution of the barn building era.

This architectural study updates John Fitchen's original with extensive new material. Added to Fitchen's descriptions of barn types, framing style and exterior appearance is research information that relates to the form, fabric and essence of each Dutch barn in the United States.

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Updates the highly acclaimed original edition with extensive new material that relates to the form, essence, and age of each Dutch barn as well as the evolution of the barn building era.

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Gregory D. Huber updates John Fitchen's The New World Dutch Barn with extensive new material. Added to Fitchen's descriptions of barn types, framing style, and exterior appearance is research information that relates to the form, fabric, and essence of each Dutch barn. Huber notes the secondary expressions seen in barns in various locations in both New York and New Jersey, the evolution of the barn building tradition, and why only one of the four major tie-beam types found in the Netherlands proliferates in America.

Critic Reviews

“Huber has compiled a data base from which important generalizations about barn evolution and classification can be derived." - Robert Ensminger, author of The Pennsylvania Barn .”

Huber has compiled a data base from which important generalizations about barn evolution and classification can be derived." - Robert Ensminger, author of The Pennsylvania Barn.

About the Author

John Fitchen was a professor of fine arts at Colgate University and a registered architect
and author of Gothic Cathedrals: A Study of Medieval Vault Erection and Building Construction Before Mechanization.

Gregory D. Huber is an architectural historian. He is the former editor and publisher of the Dutch Barn Research Journal and has contributed articles to Material Culture, Timber Framing, and Joiners Quarterly.