In 18 th - and 19 th-century rural North America, barn-raising was a thing. But these days the Amish are among the last communities to carry on this mostly forgotten tradition in which neighbors ...

The Amish have long been famous for barn raisings. Now, they're becoming known for building houses for the non-Amish, often using ancient construction techniques. About 600 Amish contractors or ...

In the calm of a sunny summer day in Richland in Oswego County, the banging of hammers, gnawing of hand saws and humming of a generator filled the air. More than 60 Amish from Oswego County and ...

David Stoltzfus clambered down the skeletal walls from the roof of the horse barn his family’s construction company is building for Saddle Rowe Horse Farm, passing up the ladder and not once losing ...

An Amish barn-raising, where an entire community comes together to build a neighbor's barn without the use of modern tools, is one of the most enduring traditions of America. Has it ever occurred to ...

John Ebersole’s workshop, deep in the countryside of Christiana, smells of wood warmed by late-morning winter sunlight. It’s not a large space. Three visitors, plus Ebersole, are enough to make it a ...

Amish builders were hard at work on the roof of a new barn in chilly weather Monday afternoon on Marion Avenue Road North in Richland County. They won't be leaving their jackets at home any day soon, ...