Word: janinski
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Dates: during 1968-1968
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Architect Donald Janinski of Hampton Falls, N.H., decided that barn siding and beams were just what was needed to give a colonial look to half a dozen new Sheraton motels in New England. At first, Janinski found that farmers were anxious to be rid of the rundown structures, and he was able to buy the wood for the cost of pulling down the barn ($200 to $400). "But the farmer gets sophisticated pretty fast in New Hampshire and Vermont," says Janinski, "and today the weathered timber costs up to three times as much as new lumber...
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