Ontario Barn Preservation
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A non-profit group, preserving Ontario's rural history one barn at a time! https://www.ontariobarnpreservation.com/ #SaveOntarioBarns #BarnSpotting #OntarioRuralHistory Ontario, Canada.
"I’m grateful not to be harvesting blocks of ice from the lake for a living, but I think that the story of the ice industry is quite intriguing. " www.ontariobarnpreservation.com/.../island-b... Posted by Everyday Lillie. #SaveOntarioBarns
September 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"I’m grateful not to be harvesting blocks of ice from the lake for a living, but I think that the story of the ice industry is quite intriguing. " www.ontariobarnpreservation.com/.../island-b... Posted by Everyday Lillie. #SaveOntarioBarns
Posting for International Moon Day. #SaveOntarioBarns
July 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Posting for International Moon Day. #SaveOntarioBarns
Wainfleet, Ontario barn is an animal sanctuary. www.assmenageriesanctuary.com #SaveOntarioBarns
May 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Wainfleet, Ontario barn is an animal sanctuary. www.assmenageriesanctuary.com #SaveOntarioBarns
Are you still cleaning up broken trees and branches? This is from the current/ May issue of Farm View. farmviewonline.com/pdfs/250501F... #SaveOntarioFarms
May 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Are you still cleaning up broken trees and branches? This is from the current/ May issue of Farm View. farmviewonline.com/pdfs/250501F... #SaveOntarioFarms
Build your own red barn postcard. Sent by Don. #SaveOntarioBarns
May 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Build your own red barn postcard. Sent by Don. #SaveOntarioBarns
Louden Barn Plans - archive.org/details/LoudenBarnPlans/mode/1up #SaveOntarioBarns
May 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Louden Barn Plans - archive.org/details/LoudenBarnPlans/mode/1up #SaveOntarioBarns
Take a look at pages 62 to 68 for the barn plans. ia801601.us.archive.org/13/items/Wes... #SaveOntarioBarns
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Take a look at pages 62 to 68 for the barn plans. ia801601.us.archive.org/13/items/Wes... #SaveOntarioBarns
Pinterest, the site, is a maze of amazing stuff (and ads). You may not find what you're looking for but several other even more interesting things will show up along the way. This came up today. No context with it, just this barn plan. #SaveOntarioBarns
May 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Pinterest, the site, is a maze of amazing stuff (and ads). You may not find what you're looking for but several other even more interesting things will show up along the way. This came up today. No context with it, just this barn plan. #SaveOntarioBarns
April 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Bank Barns from the Furry Gnome in Ontario - seasonsinthevalley.blogspot.com/2014/12/bank... #BarnSpotting #SaveOntarioBarns
April 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Bank Barns from the Furry Gnome in Ontario - seasonsinthevalley.blogspot.com/2014/12/bank... #BarnSpotting #SaveOntarioBarns
Ontario photo, cattle buyers in the 1940's. #SaveOntarioBarns #BarnSpotting www.flickr.com/photos/jockr...
April 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ontario photo, cattle buyers in the 1940's. #SaveOntarioBarns #BarnSpotting www.flickr.com/photos/jockr...
Peter Bowrin's farm from the air taken in the 1950's. This was also the home of Iola Bowrin after Peter died. The farm is located on Goodstown Road". Taken in January 1950. #SaveOntarioBarns #Barnspotting www.flickr.com/photos/jockr...
April 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Peter Bowrin's farm from the air taken in the 1950's. This was also the home of Iola Bowrin after Peter died. The farm is located on Goodstown Road". Taken in January 1950. #SaveOntarioBarns #Barnspotting www.flickr.com/photos/jockr...
Eddie Goods Farm at Richmond - Farm in Goodstown area at Richmond Ontario owned when this photo was taken by Eddie Good. Taken in July 1940. www.flickr.com/photos/jockr... #SaveOntarioBarns #BarnSpotting
April 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Eddie Goods Farm at Richmond - Farm in Goodstown area at Richmond Ontario owned when this photo was taken by Eddie Good. Taken in July 1940. www.flickr.com/photos/jockr... #SaveOntarioBarns #BarnSpotting
Photo by Michael Didur -"This was my grandparents farm at 1045 Line 4 Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario". #SaveOntarioBarns #BarnSpotting www.flickr.com/photos/didur...
April 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Photo by Michael Didur -"This was my grandparents farm at 1045 Line 4 Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario". #SaveOntarioBarns #BarnSpotting www.flickr.com/photos/didur...
Bradford, Ontario barn to go. I hope there are photographs to document this old barn. www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/h... #SaveOntarioBarns
April 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Bradford, Ontario barn to go. I hope there are photographs to document this old barn. www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/h... #SaveOntarioBarns
Original painting titled “Silo” by regional artist Elizabeth Jarvis (Canadian, 20th Century). Location is Grimsby, Ontario. www.ebay.ca/itm/32602708...
April 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Original painting titled “Silo” by regional artist Elizabeth Jarvis (Canadian, 20th Century). Location is Grimsby, Ontario. www.ebay.ca/itm/32602708...
Part Two - An Itinerant Historian With a Camera
www.ontariobarnpreservation.com/2025/04/07/a...
Calling themselves “Wandering anthropologists” “Itinerant Historians” or “Barn-again Christians” they would set out and stop at the sight of a barn. Shouts of “Stop. Back up” or “Turn around and go left”
www.ontariobarnpreservation.com/2025/04/07/a...
Calling themselves “Wandering anthropologists” “Itinerant Historians” or “Barn-again Christians” they would set out and stop at the sight of a barn. Shouts of “Stop. Back up” or “Turn around and go left”
April 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Part Two - An Itinerant Historian With a Camera
www.ontariobarnpreservation.com/2025/04/07/a...
Calling themselves “Wandering anthropologists” “Itinerant Historians” or “Barn-again Christians” they would set out and stop at the sight of a barn. Shouts of “Stop. Back up” or “Turn around and go left”
www.ontariobarnpreservation.com/2025/04/07/a...
Calling themselves “Wandering anthropologists” “Itinerant Historians” or “Barn-again Christians” they would set out and stop at the sight of a barn. Shouts of “Stop. Back up” or “Turn around and go left”
An Itinerant Historian With a Camera - www.ontariobarnpreservation.com/2025/03/31/a... “When people say, ‘There used to be a barn here,’ it is too late.” photojournalist, Gordon Beck. Claudia Smith met with Gordon Beck several times #SaveOntarioBarns #BarnSpotting
April 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
An Itinerant Historian With a Camera - www.ontariobarnpreservation.com/2025/03/31/a... “When people say, ‘There used to be a barn here,’ it is too late.” photojournalist, Gordon Beck. Claudia Smith met with Gordon Beck several times #SaveOntarioBarns #BarnSpotting
Carter Farm - Norval Ontario Painted en plein air Sunday August 14, 2016.
March 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Carter Farm - Norval Ontario Painted en plein air Sunday August 14, 2016.
Four80East four80east.com has their jazz music studio inside a barn in rural Ontario. #SaveOntarioBarns lostandfoundsounds.blog/2025/02/02/f...
March 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Four80East four80east.com has their jazz music studio inside a barn in rural Ontario. #SaveOntarioBarns lostandfoundsounds.blog/2025/02/02/f...
Farms, Barns, and Preservation: with Barbara Heidenreich - Barbara Heidenreich sent this link to share preview.shorthand.com/0nHcPVYdy4Lc... #SaveOntarioBarns Thank you Barb.
March 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Farms, Barns, and Preservation: with Barbara Heidenreich - Barbara Heidenreich sent this link to share preview.shorthand.com/0nHcPVYdy4Lc... #SaveOntarioBarns Thank you Barb.
Video post from Darwin McGrath. 130 Year Old Timber Frame Barn Inspection - Rob (Whippletree Timber Framing) does a walkthrough of a large old barn. youtu.be/THlsb34px4c
March 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Video post from Darwin McGrath. 130 Year Old Timber Frame Barn Inspection - Rob (Whippletree Timber Framing) does a walkthrough of a large old barn. youtu.be/THlsb34px4c
Here's an interesting link I found tonight - rainalgoma.ca - The Rural Agri-Innovation Network (RAIN) is a division of Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre with support from farmers and communities to enhance the agriculture and food sector in Algoma.
March 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Here's an interesting link I found tonight - rainalgoma.ca - The Rural Agri-Innovation Network (RAIN) is a division of Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre with support from farmers and communities to enhance the agriculture and food sector in Algoma.
I've been thinking how much farther the barns on these lands have deteriorated than the houses. There would have been barns on almost every rural location back in the 1970's. This barn photo comes from Altona, Hiking in the GTA'. hikingthegta.com/2022/12/03/a... #SaveOntarioBarns
March 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I've been thinking how much farther the barns on these lands have deteriorated than the houses. There would have been barns on almost every rural location back in the 1970's. This barn photo comes from Altona, Hiking in the GTA'. hikingthegta.com/2022/12/03/a... #SaveOntarioBarns