Looking for practical, cost-effective ideas for
restoring and rehabilitating old barns?

Who Should Attend

• Owners of old barns, carriage houses and outbuildings
   

• Groups & individuals interested in preserving old barns in their
  communities
   

• Members of the building trades, architects, and engineers in need
  of information on barn repair & timber frame construction

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Program Outline:
 

• New England Barn Types & Preservation Strategies
   

• "How Did They Build em' Anyway?"
  New England Barn Construction Techniques
   

• How to Love and Care for Your Old Barn:
  Condition Assessments & Maintenance as a Long-Term Commitment

         COMMUNITY BARN PRESERVATION
       A Must attend for those interested in saving
          endangered barns in their communities

• "Many Needles in a Haystack:"
  Community Barn Surveys
   

• "Red Elephants" or Vital Local Resources?
  Community Barn Preservation and Reuse

Saturday, November 11, 2006

HOSTED BY: Storrowton Village Museum Eastern States Exposition West Springfield, MA	This program was made possible in part by a grant from National Trust for Historic Preservation
Preservation Mass        Barn Task Force 617-723-3383 www.preservationmass.org	AIA credit will be offered for architects attending the conference.  This is made possible with an in kind grant from the Boston Society of Architects

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