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Typical configurations include farm buildings used for both livestock and grain/hay storage. The bastle house is an arrangement which places the living quarters above the farm building and, usually, the farm animals. This type of connected farm was common as a defensive arrangement; living quarters were located high above for security reasons.
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An outbuilding, sometimes called an accessory building [1] or a dependency, is a building that is part of a residential or agricultural complex but detached from the main sleeping and eating areas.
A homestead is an isolated dwelling, especially a farmhouse, and adjacent outbuildings, [1] typically on a large agricultural holding such as a ranch or station. [ 2 ] In North America the word "homestead" historically referred to land claimed by a settler or squatter under the Homestead Acts (United States) or the Dominion Lands Act (Canada).
Stratford Hall is a classic example of Southern plantation architecture, built on an H-plan and completed in 1738 near Lerty, Virginia. The Seward Plantation is a historic Southern plantation-turned-ranch in Independence, Texas. Plantation complexes were common on agricultural plantations in the Southern United States from the 17th into the ...
John Edward Belle Shutt House and Outbuildings is a historic home and outbuilding complex located near Advance, Davie County, North Carolina. The house was built in 1885, and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, frame farmhouse with a hall and parlor plan. It was expanded in 1905.
Tenant farmer on his front porch, south of Muskogee, Oklahoma (1939). A tenant farmer is a person (farmer or farmworker) who resides on land owned by a landlord.Tenant farming is an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management, while tenant farmers contribute their labor along with at times varying amounts of ...
A large amount of preparation is done before the one to two days a barn raising requires. Lumber and hardware are laid in, plans are made, ground is cleared, and tradesmen are hired. Materials are purchased or traded for by the family who will own the barn once it is complete. Generally, participation is mandatory for community members.