A piece of local history is gone. For 100 years, a horse-and-arrow weathervane rose above the cupola of the tall, white barn that stands as an area landmark on the south side of Highway 370 in Gretna.
Weather vanes, used for centuries to indicate wind direction, now serve primarily as ornamental and symbolic decorations. Weather vane designs, often crafted from copper or gold-gilded steel, range ...
Weather vanes may have different appearances, but they generally have one thing in common, and that is the direction the "arrow" points with respect to wind direction. That part of the vane opposite, ...
Perched atop churches, barns, businesses, homes and seats of government, weather vanes have over hundreds of years taken the form of everything from farm animals to pets, storybook figures to race ...
KENNEBUNK — After a difficult year at the Brick Store Museum, its board of trustees lived up to its mission preserving one of Kennebunk's treasures. At the 11th hour, Brick Store Museum trustees ...