Posts tagged Barns
Excellence Award Spotlight: Still Standing: The Barns of J.T. Wells & Sons
Excellence Award Spotlight: Still Standing: The Barns of J.T. Wells & Sons

Still Standing: The Barns of J.T. Wells & Sons strategically highlights the history, heritage, and present-day plight of Western New York’s agriculturally and architecturally significant Wells barns. This television documentary, produced by Churchbell Creative, LLC., creatively explores ways that remaining barns can regain their relevance through adaptive reuse while fostering community engagement in their preservation before these barns disappear from the landscape entirely due to development, decay, and obsolescence.

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Excellence AwardsKaty Peace2024 Excellence Awards, Barns, Western NY
Celebrating the Recent Passage of the Historic Barn Rehabilitation Tax Credit Bill
Celebrating the Recent Passage of the Historic Barn Rehabilitation Tax Credit Bill

“The Preservation League of NYS applauds the NYS Senate and Assembly for the passage of the Historic Barn Rehabilitation Tax Credit bill this session,” said Preservation League President Jay DiLorenzo. “Our Technical Services team fields questions about barn rehabilitation more often than for any other building type. This tax credit provides much-needed resource for owners of historic barns to preserve these important buildings that provide a physical link to our state’s agricultural past. The League thanks Senator Hinchey and Assemblymember Barrett for their leadership on this issue.”

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Public PolicyPLNYS StaffPress Release, Barns
Stamp Out Old Barn Loss!: A Virtual Gathering on Barn History and Preservation Trends
Stamp Out Old Barn Loss!: A Virtual Gathering on Barn History and Preservation Trends

In perhaps the first virtual northeastern regional preservation event, New Hampshire reached out to fellow northeast statewide organizations and the National Barn Alliance to partner. The National Barn Alliance, Maine Preservation, Preservation Connecticut, Preservation League of New York State, Preservation Massachusetts, Preservation Pennsylvania, Preserve Rhode Island and Preservation Trust of Vermont all joined the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance and over 240 participants for an afternoon of barn discussion and fiddling!

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League EventsErin TobinBarns