Traditional timber framing
A barn, raised together.
Discover the tools, joinery and teamwork behind a timber-framed building.
A Fair tradition
The Fair’s historic barn-raising demonstration has shown how early homesteaders shaped and assembled timber with hand tools such as a broadax, adz and handsaw.
Watching the frame come together offers a close look at the skill and cooperation behind a building made to last.
History on the grounds
The old Fair program also described walking tours of restored eighteenth- and nineteenth-century buildings at Homestead Heritage. Those buildings connect traditional craft with the work of preserving useful knowledge for future generations.