If you live in what we rural folks affectionately call the sticks, you've probably come across a rusted-up weathervane atop a barn once or twice. Antique weathervanes represent an often overlooked ...

Look up to the sky on pinnacles, cupolas, at the top of barns, churches, businesses, and homes. There you will find, turning in the wind, the functional art form known as the weathervane. At one time, ...

As a functioning piece of meteorological equipment, a weathervane is definitely limited. However, as a decorative feature for a barn or a cupola or a chimney, many people find weathervanes to be ...

A couple weeks back, I was pleased to write about the rare Americana weathervane on the Levan barn in the Oley Valley. But ironically, Clarence Shirk had a local farm auction with an identical ...

When the early Pennsylvania Germans purchased their farming tracts from William Penn, these proud immigrants built agrarian farmsteads that rivaled their European counterparts, which naturally caused ...