Photographic study of Northern California's vanishing rural architecture
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Beauty Queens - Sonoma County's prettiest barns Runners-Up - Second prettiest (most congenial) O'er the Hill Gang - Barns on their last legs Heritage Collection - Barn series Heritage Set Posters - Barn series Poster Set Photo-Art - Photo-art renditions Note Cards - Barn series Note Cards Calendars - Barns of Sonoma Calendars In galleries, click image icons for larger size image Handout - Handout Video - Video |
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| * Collection includes some images from Northern Marin and Napa Counties | |||
Art Book - Artistic images of Sonoma |
Photo Book - Barns of Sonoma Photo Book |
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| Sonoma Weekly Planner - Great gift | |||
Passive Demolition of Historic Structure, Cotati California |
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Dear Mother Nature, You suckFountaingrove Round Barn The famous, important landmark that all of Sonoma County's builders and elected officials couldn't manage to rebuild |
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October 10, 2017 |
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| Similar historic structures are being restored in other states: BOS Facebook post Round Barn |
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Vernacular Architecture, From Free Dictionary Common domestic architecture of a region, usually far simpler than what the technology of the time is capable of maintaining. In highly industrialized countries such as the U.S., for example, barns are still being built according to a design employed in Europe in the 1st millennium BC. Vernacular structures are characterized by inexpensive materials and straightforwardly utilitarian design. |
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Passive Demolition, From JG Bracco When owners of historic structures let them degrade and decay due to negative incentivization from tax authorities. |
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About the Barn Series The vestiges of Sonoma's agricultural legacy - the barns, sheds, shacks and other vernacular agricultural outbuildings - remain well distributed throughout the area. Sadly, many of these buildings are in a state of advanced deterioration and decay. Many are, literally, melting into the ground. These structures are private property but they are also a part of the unique regional character enjoyed by all. Sorely needed are public policies to create incentives for owners to restore and re-purpose these historical structures. Currently many owners are inclined to allow them to disappear as the images below attest. |
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| Over The Hill Gang - Barns in advanced decay In a few short years these will no longer be visible |
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In Southern California only a few historic barns remain today. Please join the North Bay Barn Preservation mailing List |
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Petaluma Resources Petalumans for Responsible Planning (Save the Red Barn!) - http://www.petrp.org Sonoma County Resources Sonoma Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District - http://www.sonomaopenspace.org Sonoma County Preservation and Open District Advisory Committee - Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Dept. (Grants) - Sonoma County Landmarks Commission - http://www.sonoma-county.org/prmd/b-c/lc/index.htm Katherine Rinehart Blog, Sonoma County Library History and Genealogy - http://sonomalibrary.org/blogs/history Greenbelt Alliance - http://www.greenbelt.org/regions/sonomamarin/index.shtml Santa Rosa Preservation Advocacy Support Taskforce - http://www.srpast.org Sonoma County Historical Society - http://www.sonomacountyhistory.org O.W.L. Foundation, Open Space, Water Resource Protection and Land Use - http://www.owlfoundation.net
Napa County Resources Napa County Landmarks - http://www.napacountylandmarks.org/wordpress/ . . . . **Excellent Preservation Resource Page - http://www.napacountylandmarks.org/wordpress/?page_id=2729
Marin County Resources Marin Agricultural Land Trust - https://www.https://www.malt.org/
California State Resources California - Nevada Barn Alliance - https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaNevadaBarnAlliance California Historical Society - http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org California Preservation Foundation - http://www.californiapreservation.org California Office of Historic Preservation webinars - http://news.californiapreservation.org/preservation-webinars/ Incentives for Historic Preservation in California
California is the laggard in preservation of rural 'vernacular' architecture Washington State's Barn Preservation Bill & Resources - http://www.dahp.wa.gov/barn-preservation Colorado - Westminster Barn re-Purposing - www.ci.westminster.co.us/ExploreWestminster/HistoricPreservation.aspx Iowa - Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area - http://www.silosandsmokestacks.org Connecticut Historic Barn Initiative- www.connecticutbarns.org NY, Vermont Barn Preservation Guidelines (including Dept Interior resources) - http://www.barncoalition.org/preservation.html Pennsylvania Historic Barn Foundation - www.pahistoricbarns.org Vermont - Taking Care of Your Old Barn - http://www.uvm.edu/~vhnet/hpres/publ/barnb/bbtoc.html
Links to Federal Resources are always changing for some reason, if these links fail you can do your own search. The Historic Preservation Learning Portal - http://www.historicpreservation.gov/NPS_Portal/user/home/home.jsp National Park Service Preservation Resources - http://www.nps.gov/history/preservation.htm . . . . The Preservation of Historic Barns, Brief - http://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs/20-barns.htm National Heritage Areas - http://www.nps.gov/heritageareas/ National Heritage Areas - http://www.nps.gov/history/heritageinitiatives/ National Heritage Areas Alliance - http://www.nationalheritageareas.us/heritage_areas.html National Trust for Historic Preservation - http://www.preservationnation.org National Register of Historic Places - http://www.nps.gov/history/nr Tax Incentives for Barn Preservation - http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/tax More information on Federal, State and Income tax Incentives for Barn Preservation on Agriculture Online article - http://www.agriculture.com/machinery/buildings-and-bins/Financial-help-for-barn-preservation-projects_221-ar6497 Saving America's Countryside: Barn Restoration Resources and Incentives - http://www.cfra.org/renewrural/barnrestoration C & J Property Services, Jim Gemperline Construction - Barn Restoration - Your Barn can Be preserved - candjpropserv@gmail.com Barn Again, National Program to Preserve Historic Farm Buildings - http://www.preservationnation.org/information-center/saving-a-place/rural-heritage/Barns/#.VWT8kEaAs4_ Historic-Barns-Sustainable-Farms (PDF) - docs/handout-barns-web.pdf The Barn Journal - http://www.thebarnjournal.org American Farmland Trust - http://www.farmland.org National Barn Alliance - http://www.barnalliance.org National Barn Alliance BLOG- http://barnalliance.org/the-barn-journal/ Barn Books - http://barnalliance.org/resources/barn-books/ National Barn Alliance Barn Repair and Rehabilitation Toolbox - http://barnalliance.org/resources/old-barn-in-disrepair/ Protecting Older and Historic Barns through Barn Preservation - Barn Again! A Guide to the Rehabilitation of Older Farm Buildings (Paperback) - Amazon Protecting Older and Historic Barns through Barn Preservation Programs - Amazon Using Old Farm Buildings - Amazon New Life for White Elephants: Adapting Historic Buildings for New Uses - Amazon A Guide to Finding The History of Your Home - Yellow Key Realty How to maintain, preerve or repair older barns - old house web
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The Country, The Land & Terroir Select images by JG Bracco available on Imagekind
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Custom framing, size, matting, canvas, giclee print options available Have a custom photographic or painterly image made of your Products are Printed in Sonoma County, California, USA, By Sonomads |
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Bracco Photo-Art | PO Box 314 Valley Ford, CA 94972 | info@barnsofsonoma.com All images copyright Bracco Photo Art, all rights reserved |
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