From Provincetown to Woods Hole, barns in the English and New England styles dot the landscape of Cape Cod's fifteen townships. Over 340 beautiful color photos display these fascinating structures to their best advantage, including many colorful details. Wooden and stone barns alike appear here, dating from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. They were built for sheltering animals, grain, cranberries, strawberries, turnips, and asparagus. Cape Cod's only full-sized nineteenth century stone barn is included._x000D_The text provides a brief introduction to each of the townships as well as fascinating insights into each of the barns displayed. Architects, Cape Codders, and aficionados of the agrarian lifestyle will find this book entrancing. _x000D_ AUTHOR: Joan Dillon enjoys a life-long passion for architecture and has worked in historic preservation since the 1960s. She lives in a converted Cape Cod barn.
- ISBN:
- 9780764325649
- 9780764325649
- Category:
- Landscape art & architecture
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 20-10-2006
- Publisher:
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 176
- Dimensions (mm):
- 216x279x0mm
- Weight:
- 0.98kg
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