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Todd Farm Barn: Guest post by Brian Cox
With spring in sight, it’s easy now to look back with pride at the frigid months spent repairing the frame of the Todd Farm Barn. Shawn Perry, Jesse Turgeon, Reese Crotteau and Brian Cox worked diligently to repair posts, tie beams and undercarriage of this large transitional frame in Rowley, MA. When all contractors have…
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True-Randall Farm: A Quintessential Maine Connected Farmstead
PTF began work on the undercarriage of the True-Randall barn in November 2012, and recently completed a comprehensive timber frame repair of the house, barn and ell. George and Karin Look, owners and custodians of the True-Randall Farmstead, researched the history of their property extensively and are deeply committed to ensuring its preservation. The following…
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Guest Post by David Ewing: iFarm update
Since 2009, the iFarm in Boxford, Massachusetts has been keeping crews from PTF busy. Christine Barensfeld, the owner of the farm, has collaborated with PTF to restore the farm which consistently operated from 1750 – 1932. Chris purchased the farm in 2009 a midst the threat of developers who would have purchased the property and…
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A Marriage of Traditional Joinery and Modern Engineering
On Wednesday, the crew down at iFarm raised a new timber-framed kitchen ell. The modified English frame is based closely on joinery found in the late-18th century house. We based the size and location of the addition on evidence found in the house frame of an original, and now demolished, ell. Like the house frame,…