Historic Barn & Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania

By Gregory D. Huber
Generations have come and gone in southeast Pennsylvania since the very first German settlements occurred in the area. The initial place of German occupation was Germantown in the northern region of Philadelphia in the 1680’s.  Since then, untold thousands of log buildings including barns whether they were the ground one-level variety or [...]

Secreted away in extreme western Berks County in Bethel Township on a back farm lane several hundred yards south of Routes 78 – 22 is a barn that evokes distant memories of a barn construction type that was at one time a commonplace occurrence in rural southeast Pennsylvania. Now in the early twenty-first century the [...]

BY GREGORY HUBER
(abridged version; complete copies can be purchased by contacting the HBFF of PA for $5 each)
Casper Maul Stone Ground Barn Dated 1791
The Casper Maul barn is a ground barn located in Oley Township. There is no basement in a ground barn – no distinct functional area appears below the wagon bay. The Maul [...]

“Thank you to everyone who participated in our first historic barn conference. From expert presenters to novice barn admirers to program sponsors, we valued your contribution to this successful event. I especially want to thank Greg Huber and Jeffrey Marshall for writing and organizing our conference barn tour booklet, portions of which are highlighted [...]

KUTZTOWN — An historic event took place here at the Kutztown University in June, 2008. The Historic Barn and Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania welcomed the National Barn Alliance, organization members, and others to Berks County for an annual conference. For the first time, these two non-profit associations whose missions are to record and preserve historic [...]