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Van Wie Farmstead, also known as Valley View Farm, is a historic home and related farm outbuildings located near McKinley in Montgomery County, New York.It includes the farmhouse, a carriage house, a large multi-block barn (1874 and later), a slat sided hay barn, a Butler grain bin (c. 1950), pole barn (c. 1950), and a hop barn (c. 1884).
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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).
The Owen-Gay Farm in Clark County and Bourbon County in Kentucky was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. The property included two contributing buildings , nine contributing structures and one contributing site , on 238 acres (96 ha).
Harrington Cobblestone Farmhouse and Barn Complex is a historic home and farm complex located at Hartland in Niagara County, New York. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story cobblestone structure built in 1843 by Vermont native Harry Harrington, in the Greek Revival style. It features irregularly shaped, variously colored cobbles in its construction.
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.
Outbuildings can be valuable resources for architectural historians as they may "offer insight unavailable in traditional documentary sources." [ 3 ] Architectural historian William Tishler argues that in addition to documenting outbuildings, researchers need to inspect attics and basements "because it's there that you see how things are put ...