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THIS IS A RE-POST OF A PODCAST INTERVIEW WE ORIGINALLY POSTED March 2019:
Greg Huber from Eastern Barn Consultants and Past Perspectives joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss:
- How barn styles varied from region to region
- What makes barn construction unique
- The type of barn Danielle had never heard of
We also discussed the services Greg offers documenting barns and researching house histories, the barn tours and seminars, and the books he has written.
Contact info:
Greg Huber, Architectural Historian
610-967-5808
greg@easternbarns.com
Books:
The Historic Barns of Southeastern Pennsylvania: Architecture and Preservation Built 1750-1900
Bio:
Gregory Huber – of Past Perspectives and Eastern Barn Consultants
• Gregory D. Huber is an independent scholar, consultant and principal owner of both Past Perspectives and Eastern Barn Consultants, historic and cultural resources companies that are based in Macungie, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.
• His special focus is in House Histories and Barn Histories of historic homesteads in southeast Pennsylvania and beyond.
• A student of early vernacular architecture since 1971, Huber has specialized in pre-1850 barn and house architecture of Holland Dutch in New York State and northern New Jersey and Pennsylvania Swiss-German and certain English settled areas of the northeast.
• Huber’s latest book – out in August 2017 – The Historic Barns of Southeastern Pennsylvania – Architecture and Preservation – Built 1750 to 1900 has reached Number One Book on the Amazon Best Seller list in its specific category – Vernacular Architecture
• He is author of more than 270 articles on barn and house architecture and is co-author of two other books and editor of another book – Barns – A Close-up Look.
• He has lectured to more than 225 audiences and led dozens of barn and house tours in several states of the northeast.
• He is available for historic homestead consultation work on old houses and barns.