CHAPTER XVIII 



REMODELING OLD BARNS 



It is more difficult to remodel old barns 

 than to build new ones. If the attempt be 

 made to unite several of the detached buildings 

 with the view of making them into one sym- 



Fig. 114. The scattered buildings ou a farm. 



metrical structure, much study will be required. 

 The frames of the old buildings are so strong 

 and durable that they should not be thrown 

 aside as useless until it is certain that to 

 utilize them would be more expensive than to 

 tear them down and erect others of new 

 material. Those massive oak sills and posts 

 and poplar swing - beams have for me a 

 meaning and charm which is lacking in the 

 light plank and balloon frame constructed of 

 knotty, wind- shaken hemlock or some other 



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