50 Barn Cupolas

<p>50 Barn Cupolas explains how old New England dairy barns came to have cupolas and presents fifty beautiful color images of unusual cupolas. Take a trip back to the nineteenth century when dairy farmers turned a ventilation problem into an opportunity to express their individuality.</p><p>Each cupola is different and each one expresses the pride that its original owner took in his barn. Some have been lovingly restored - others are on their last legs.</p><p>This enjoyable book also documents the way fifty nineteenth-century carpenters creatively executed the same assignment.</p>