Some armed with hammers, others with nail guns, Amish men swarmed over the wood frame of what will soon be John Esch’s new dairy barn on Monday, July 14th. Esch lost his old barn, at 3470 W. Newport ...

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John Ebersole’s workshop, deep in the countryside of Christiana, smells of wood warmed by late-morning winter sunlight. It’s not a large space. Three visitors, plus Ebersole, are enough to make it a ...

ARTHUR, Ill. — The sight of a barn going up in the heart of Amish country in Douglas County is an exciting step for the future of the Illinois Amish Heritage Center. But the recent raising of the ...

Above is an example of an Amish community on the East Coast showcasing a traditional barn raising, like the one that will take place in rural Arthur in October. Our Communities Editor Above is an ...

A professional barn restoration crew from Galesburg and a multitude of volunteers preserve history by raising the Herschberger-Miller barn, circa 1879. The barn was donated and relocated from a local ...

The Amish community comes together for a variety of reasons, but none of them provide such a picture perfect opportunity like an old-fashioned barn raising. By the end of the day on Wednesday, Aug. 29 ...

Timber-frame building experts say only a handful of family farms have chosen the quality and durability of the old-fashioned barns over economic pole barns. Most of their work is restoration of ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. MASON CITY — A "monument to agriculture,” in danger of falling apart and disappearing forever, is being ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. – An old-fashioned barn-raising is planned Saturday on the city’s waterfront to create a permanent homeport for the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. The facility could become a major ...

BILLINGS - It sounds mystical, but it's true. Nels Houghton's dream was the catalyst that brought Daniel Schwartz, an Amish craftsman who specializes in timber-frame buildings, from El Dorado Springs, ...

In 18 th - and 19 th-century rural North America, barn-raising was a thing. But these days the Amish are among the last communities to carry on this mostly forgotten tradition in which neighbors ...