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Barns the Agrarian Temples: An Architectural Ode to Agricultural Past

Shikha Saxena
4 min readJun 3, 2022

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Barns are living proof of Agricultural or Agrarian society once important before industrial revolution.

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Before industrial revolution economy was based on agriculture mostly. Huge farms also needed a shelter for farmers, animals, to store grains, process the produce, so the temporary structures and barns were constructed as a solution. These structures Barns the Agrarian Temples: An Architectural Ode to Agricultural Past are heritage of any nations past. Whether it is a developing country or a developed country. They should be preserved to keep history alive in some form.

Photo by Timothy Eberly on Unsplash

What are barns?

Barns are temporary structures built on a farm land with a base floor and some solid walls with thatched roof and wooden interiors to shelter farm animals, livestock, fodder and farm machinery, equipment and grain storage.

Barns older than 50 years are agricultural architectural heritage of the nation.

Barns are named according to the purpose they are used, dairy barns, tobacco barns, tractor barns, machinery barns and so on.

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Shikha Saxena
Shikha Saxena

Written by Shikha Saxena

A Technical Writer, an artist and blogger by choice. Passionate about reading , writing and editing, NY.http://www.shikhasaxena.com and https://www.dnabox.co/

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