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A barn is an agricultural building usually on farms and used for various purposes. In North America, a barn refers to structures that house livestock, including cattle and horses, as well as equipment and fodder, and often grain. [2] As a result, the term barn is often qualified e.g. tobacco barn, dairy barn, cow house, sheep barn, potato barn.
The newest building on the farm is the garage that was built in the 1920s. [2] It has a gabled roof, exposed rafter tails, weatherboard siding, and composition singles. Located between the farmhouse and the barn, it measures 24 feet (7 m) by 16 feet (5 m) and has a 10-foot (3 m) wide double-car garage door on the south side. [5]
North American connected farms date back to the 17th century, while their British counterparts have also existed for several centuries. New England connected farms are characterized by a farm house, kitchen, barn, or other structures connected in a rambling fashion. This style evolved from carrying out farm work while remaining sheltered from ...
Barn: The barn consists of two sections connected to form an L shape, The original section of the barn, constructed in 1914-15, is a gambrel-roof structure with sliding entrance door on a fieldstone foundation, measuring 60 feet by 40 feet. A 1930 gable-roof addition on a concrete foundation, measuring 42 feet by 32 feet, projects to one side.
The Pennsylvania barn has doors on the sidewall like the English barn but is a larger, bank barn with the cows housed in the basement, and has one or more distinctive forebays (cantilevered walls). The New World Dutch barn (Dutch barn) has similarities to the New England barn with the barn doors on the gable ends, but the Dutch barns are a much ...
A further two-bay barn was added to the east in the mid-18th century. In the early 19th century, the eastern bay was raised to two storeys and converted into another house, and the windows were replaced, and yet another barn was added at the east of the range. At this time, the oldest section of the range was used as a butter factory. [2]
Farm plan of the Strauther Pleak Round Barn. Based on the map provided in the nomination documents for Nat'l Register of Hist. Places. The Pleak Barn is a rare example of a round barn, which was later combined with a rectangular barn. The barn is a direct link to the agricultural development that occurred in the state from 1850 to 1936.
The John A. McPhail House was constructed about 1943. It is a one-story brick house on a poured concrete foundation. The door and window casings are unfinished pine boards sawn from trees harvested on the farm. The house was modified in the 1950s with a new entrance door for a beauty shop. This door was replaced in the 1990s with a French door ...