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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

An aerial view shows the scope of the effort to relocate a nearly 150-year-old barn from a Douglas County farm to the Illinois Amish Heritage Center campus in the heart of Amish country, between ...

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 ...

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 Amish community came together for a barn raising at the Jacob and Ida Schrock residence on Cty. P, east of Westby, on Wednesday, Aug. 29. The Amish community comes together for a variety of ...

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 ...