There is a grouping of about 7 barns reputed to be
Dutch barns near the corner of Route 23 and
Cauterskill Road in Catskill.  They are in private
hands and have begun to deteriorate.

How old does a barn erected by a Dutch family have to
be to be considered a NWDB?

Regina
--- New World Dutch Barn Survey 2000
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> List,
>
> One of the goals of the New World Dutch Barn Survey
> 2000 is to locate the sites of NWDB's that are no
> longer standing. Obviously this is a much more
> difficult task to accomplish than to locate and
> document extant ones. We have only managed to
> document the location of three of these barns to
> date. With one we were fortunate enough to have
> obtained a photograph that was taken about 30 years
> ago.
>
> If anyone has any knowledge of such a site please do
> not hesitate to contact us. We will be featuring a
> short article and the photo of the above barn
> sometime in February on our web site. If anyone
> knows of a standing barn that they think even
> slightly resembles a NWDB, let us know and we or one
> of the other organizations we work with will be glad
> to come and take a look at it.
>
> Rolland Miner
> Director
> NWDB Survey 2000
>
> [log in to unmask]
> http://nwdb2000.homestead.com/home.html
>


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