About the Barn Series

Please see our sister site - barnsofsonoma.com for background on the North Bay Barn Preservation initiative.

Napa County Resources

Preservation Napa Valley - http://preservationnapavalley.org/

Sonoma County Resources

Sonoma Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District - http://www.sonomaopenspace.org/

Greenbelt Alliance - http://www.greenbelt.org/regions/sonomamarin/index.shtml

Santa Rosa Preservation Advocacy Support Taskforce - http://www.srpast.org/

Sonoma County Historical Society - http://www.sonomacountyhistory.org/

O.W.L. Foundation, Open Space, Water Resource Protection and Land Use - http://www.owlfoundation.net

Marin County Resources

California State Resources

California Historical Society - http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org

California Preservation Foundation - http://www.californiapreservation.org

California Office of Historic Preservation - http://www.ohp.parks.ca.gov

Incentives for Historic Preservation in California
(California Office of Historic Preservation Technical Assistance Series #15) - http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1054/files/TA15.pdf

Other States Resources

Barn Preservation Guidelines, including NY State, Vermont & Dept Interior resources - http://www.barncoalition.org/preservation.html

Taking Care of Your Old Barn
(This doc is from Vermont - California lacks these guides) - http://www.uvm.edu/~vhnet/hpres/publ/barnb/bbtoc.html

Washington State's Barn Preservation Bill - http://www.dahp.wa.gov/pages/HistoricSites/BarnBill.htm

Washington State Barn Preservation Resources
(Washington is leading California on this) - http://www.dahp.wa.gov/pages/HistoricSites/Barns.htm

Federal Resources

The Historic Preservation Learning Portal - http://www.historicpreservation.gov/NPS_Portal/user/home/home.jsp

Department of Interior Barn Preservation Brief - http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/briefs/brief20.htm

National Park Service Preservation Resources - http://www.nps.gov/history/preservation.htm

National Trust for Historic Preservation - http://www.preservationnation.org/

See Also: http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/rural-heritage/barn-again/barn-preservation-resources.html

National Register of Historic Places - http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/

Tax Incentives for Barn Preservation - http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/tps/tax

More information on Federal, State and Income tax Incentives for Barn Preservation on Agriculture Online article - http://www.agriculture.com/ag/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/ag/story/data/barnagain_financial.xml

Saving America's Countryside:
A Guide to Rural Conservation (National Trust for Historic Preservation, Paperback) - Amazon

Other Resources

Barn Again, National Program to Preserve Historic Farm Buildings - http://www.barnagain.org

The Barn Journal - http://www.thebarnjournal.org

American Farmland Trust - http://www.farmland.org

National Barn Alliance - http://www.barnalliance.org

Protecting Older and Historic Barns through Barn Preservation -
Programs by Jennifer Goodman, Bill Kimball, and Byrd Wood (Paperback - Sep 1, 2004) - Amazon

Barn Again! A Guide to the Rehabilitation of Older Farm Buildings (Paperback) - Amazon

Protecting Older and Historic Barns through Barn Preservation Programs - Preservation Books

Using Old Farm Buildings - Preservation Books

New Life for White Elephants: Adapting Historic Buildings for New Uses - Preservation Books