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Enchanted by their beauty, complexity, and historical significance, the Bartuskas began researching, visiting, and photographing the region's round barns soon after Tom accepted a teaching position at Washington State University's architecture department in 1963. Focusing on structures over fifty years old, at least two stories, and over fifty feet in diameter, the authors eventually found twenty-one, and made it their mission to create a comprehensive inventory. Since most of the barns were constructed in the early 1900s, the couple explored archives to gather remarkable historic photographs and paperwork. When possible, they also took interior and exterior photographs and talked with owners to tell the story of each one--who built it and when, original and current uses, individual characteristics, construction details, and extra anecdotes they learned along the way. They also revisited several sites to document what changed over time.

In addition, the Bartuskas introduce the hows and whys, as well as the fascinating history and development of round barns across the United States. The structures continue to succumb to economic and technological changes, as well as to fire, disrepair, and the forces of nature. Since the authors started their project, seven of the barns no longer exist, and several of the remaining fourteen are in serious trouble. Hoping to inspire others to help maintain, preserve, and restore these unique cultural icons, they include examples of successful re-use and creative conservation nationwide, along with other significant ways to save additional types of barns, buildings, and rural communities in order to preserve a vanishing rural heritage.

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• Acknowledgments(ix)
• Chapter I Round Barns in the United States(1)
• Round Forms(2)
• The History and Development of Round Barns(3)
• A Land-Grant University, Prototype Round Barns, Event Centers, and a Museum(9)
• A Brief Personal Story and the History of Pullman, Washington(12)
• Chapter II The Twenty-one Round Barns in Washington State(15)
• The Round Barns in Washington State(17)
• Washington State Map of Barn Locations(18)
• Recommendations when Visiting a Barn(20)
• 1 Nutter Polygon Barn, 1872(21)
• 2 Laughlin/Kling/Selander Round Barn, 1883(27)
• The Round Barns of Whitman County(33)
• 3 Manning Round Barn, 1901-1953(35)
• 4 Steinke Polygon Barn, 1915(39)
• 5 Hall Brothers' Polygon Barns: George Hall's Barn, 1916-1985(45)
• 6 Hall Brothers' Polygon Barns: Tom Hall's Barn, 1916-1980(45)
• 7 Leonard Polygon Barn, 1917(51)
• Round Barns Throughout Washington(57)
• 8 Coffman Round Barn and Carriage House, 1902(57)
• 9 And 10. Seitz/Frazier Polygon Barns, c. 1903(61)
• 11 Duskin Round Barn, 1916-1997(65)
• 12 Wiester Round Barn, 1914-1981(71)
• 13 Cornell/Marble Ranch Round Barn, 1916(77)
• 14 Minnehaha/Ayers/McGraph Polygon Barn, 1915(81)
• 15 Crocker Ranch Polygon Barn, 1915(85)
• 16 Hardin Polygon Barn, 1915(89)
• 17 Middleburg/Burge/Deep Creek Round Barn, 1916,(91)
• 18 Gallaher Round Barn, 1916-mid 1920s(95)
• 19 Yochum Ranch Round Barn, 1954(99)
• 20 Wagner Polygon Barn, 1971(103)
• 21 Stewart Half-Polygon Barn, 1914-1963(107)
• Chapter III Round Barn Preservation: Reanimated, Relocated, and Recycled(111)
• French Round Barn, 1882(113)
• Armstrong/Doncaster Round Barn, 1882(117)
• Imbrie Round Barn, 1902(121)
• Hyde/Passumpsic Round Barn at the Shelburne Museum, 1909(125)
• Round Barn Restaurant and Banquet Centre, 1912(129)
• Central Wisconsin State Fair Round Barn, 1916(133)
• Round Barn in 1880 Historic Town, 1919(137)
• Kent Dairy Round Barn, 1941(139)
• Smith Straw Bale Barn-shaped Round House, 2016(143)
• Chapter IV Reanimating Barns, Buildings, and Rural Communities(151)
• Washington State University's Historic Barn Restoration as an Alumni Center(153)
• Dahmen Wagon-Wheel Barn Reanimated into Artisans Center(161)
• Nick's Barn Restaurants(163)
• Moving and Reanimating a Historic Barn(167)
• Saving Historic Buildings and Rural Communities(171)
• Greystone Foundation and the Greystone Church(171)
• Gladish High School(173)
• Town Next Door: Moscow, Idaho(174)
• Saving and Moving a Small Rural Town: North Bonneville, Washington(175)
• Celebrating Community: Restoring Pullman's City Center and the South Fork of the Palouse River(177)
• Pullman Civic Trust (PCT)(177)
• Pullman's Main Street Program (MSP)(177)
• The National Lentil Festival(182)
• Chapter V Conspectus: Barns, Buildings, and Communities that Help Sustain Our Cultural Heritage(185)
• Additional Resources on Round Barns(187)
• Index(189)
• About the Authors and Editor(193)

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Helen Bartuska attended the University of Illinois and the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, and holds a BA in Home Economics, Child and Family Studies. She received her Montessori certifictation from England's St. Nicholas Montessori Training Center, and taught young children for over two decades.