Preserving Pennsylvania Barns October 2, 2009 |
| Like the covered bridge and one-room schoolhouse, the American barn is rapidly disappearing from the landscape. As an incentive to preserve the symbols of agricultures past, a federal income tax program allows a credit equal to 20% percent of the amount spent rehabilitating a historic barn.
As Market to Market's Laurel Bower Burgmaier discovered, a growing number of "Pennsylvania barn huggers" are working to preserve the iconic structures.
This story is from Market to Market, Iowa Public Television. Alternate viewing site at IPTV Read the script at IPTV Contact Information Historic Barn & Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania, www.pahistoricbarns.org National Barn Alliance, www.barnalliance.org Iowa Barn Foundation, www.iowabarnfoundation.org |
