The show, which will be up through the end of October, invites you inside the famous Pennsylvania Bank Barn with a reconstruction of an actual 1840’s era post and beam barn inside the exhibit hall.

As a geographer, Robert Ensminger has a special interest in landscapes and the elements that make them distinctive. “What you put on a landscape is what defines it, what gives character to it… ...

By the time the Pennsylvania bank barn of the 1820s had evolved into an efficient farming structure, it also featured a hooded cantilever entrance to the rear feedway at the gable end of the barn.

They are scattered all around us, and we see them every day: solid stone and frame Pennsylvania bank barns. They stand as a […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 65°F.

What I hadn’t realized was that the McPherson Barn was a classic stone Pennsylvania bank barn. Also known as a “Sweitzer” barn from its origin in Switzerland, the Pennsylvania bank barn is a ...

Pennsylvania bank barns are two-story structures built into a hill or bank, according to B&D Builders LLC of Lancaster County. The design allows for door accessibility on two levels, ...

A restored 200-year-old horse barn at Greenbriar Farm in Alburtis, Pa., was completely destroyed by fire the night of June 26. No horses were injured.