describing how a tornado in Missouri barely damaged an Amish-built timber-frame barn, though it destroyed buildings made from conventional lumber and masonry. Modern timber-frame houses also can ...

And Ebersole, his hands strong from decades of building barns in the Amish tradition ... Ebersole was in the business of building timber-frame barns. Central Pennsylvania is full of sturdy ...

The Amish have long been famous for barn raisings. Now ... Not only do some of them specialize in the timber-frame construction method that doesn't use nails, they often can erect a house faster ...

describing how a tornado in Missouri barely damaged an Amish-built timber-frame barn, though it destroyed buildings made from conventional lumber and masonry. Modern timber-frame houses also can ...

Amish craftsman are known throughout the Midwest as detailed and hard-working. Bill and Angie Nowysz are counting on their experience with timber frame structures to dismantle the barn and rebuild ...