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Vol. 68, No. 3 — July–September 2024

IN THIS ISSUE


A Rockland County Dutch Barn in Hiding 

Greg Huber is a house and barn historian who has been a student of historic vernacular architecture since 1974. He has examined over 600 Dutch American barns in New York State and New Jersey. Greg and John Fitchen co-authored the book The New World Dutch Barn: The Evolution, Forms and Structures of a Disappearing Icon, published in 2001. Greg Huber has written more than 80 articles on this barn style. This is his second article for South of the Mountains.


2024 Historical Society Dinner and Awards

The annual dinner of the Historical Society of Rockland County took place on May 19 at the Paramount Country Club in New City. Seven awards were presented: the Lifetime Service Award, the Community Service Award, and the Living Landmark Award, along with four Historic Preservation Awards: the Margaret B. and John R. Zehner Award, a Preservation Leadership Award, a Preservation/Restoration Award and a Special Commendation


COVER PICTURE: The newly discovered Dutch-related barn on Saw Mill Road in New City had this appearance before new siding was applied. On its exterior, the barn has a distinctly English look. Photograph by Greg Huber, 2023.


SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAINS (ISSN 0489-9563) is published quarterly by


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Editor: Marjorie H. Johnson

Consulting Editor: Marianne B. Leese


Printing by Harrington Press, Nyack, New York

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