Join us on May 4th for an exciting tour with the "Sherlock Holmes of barns”, architectural historian Greg Huber. We will visit five-to-six barns, all nestled in the beautiful Oley Valley. Throughout this guided four-hour drive-along experience, you will learn about various types of barns, including Ground, Standard, and Sweitzer barns, along with insights on spriggel bars, hay holes, common rafter systems, mow-stead walls, Queen posts, and much more.
Participants can choose to attend either a morning tour from 8 AM to 12 PM or an afternoon tour from 1 PM to 5 PM. Tickets are $40/BHC Members and $50/Non-Members.
This tour is a guided driving tour. The cost of the tour is per person, however, carpooling is encouraged. Registration is limited to the first 12 vehicles that sign up. The caravan will meet at the Weis Market in Oley (at Route 73 and Friedensburg Road) near the Fleetwood Bank (lower corner of the parking lot). For additional information please email
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Fore more information and to register, please visit:
https://berkshistory.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events#/events/10398
About the Guide
Greg Huber is a barn and house historian, consultant and owner of Past Perspectives and Eastern Barn Consultants (historic cultural resource companies). Huber has specialized in house and barn architecture of the Holland Dutch and Pennsylvania Swiss-German culture areas that include more than 8,000 vernacular houses and barns. He has authored more than 210 articles on architecture and is co-author of three books including The Historic Barns of Southeastern Pennsylvania. He has also led more than 75 tours and given more than 200 lectures on architecture in the past 35 years.
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