TAKING CARE OF YOUR OLD BARN

Ten Tips for Preserving and Reusing
Vermont's Historic Agricultural Buildings


Produced by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
and Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, Montpelier, Vermont

Beautiful picture of a barn in Calais, Vermont


This web site provides Vermont property owners with a basic guide to taking care of their historic barns and farm buildings. It includes some general guidelines, a short history of barns, ten tips for barn maintenance and repair, ways to adapt barns to other uses, sources of advice and funding for barn preservation, and a list of organizations that offer aid to those working on their barns.


Authors: Curtis B. Johnson, Thomas D. Visser


© 1995 Vermont Division for Historic Preservation and Vermont Housing and Conservation Board. All rights reserved.


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This site was produced by the Vermont Heritage Network at the University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program.