Alterations on Mow Level
The short wood pieces nailed to the cross beams of this
Lancaster County barn hold "laths" from which tobacco was hung.
McLean barn framing, portions removed to make room for hay track.
The track is visible in the roof peak. Gettysburg National Battlefield.
Perching area added in barn loft. Houseknecht farm, Lycoming County.
Nesting boxes added in barn loft. Houseknecht farm, Lycoming County.
Note
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Pages in this Section
- Overview
- House Types
- Barn Types
- Barn Features
- Outbuilding Types
- Overview
- Bake Oven
- Butcher House
- Carriage House
- Cider House
- Combination Structure
- Cook House
- Corn Crib
- Dryhouse
- Fruit Cold Storage
- Garage
- Grain Bin
- Granary
- Greenhouse
- Hay Drying Shed
- Hog House
- Horse Barn
- Ice House
- Machine Shed
- Maple Sugar House
- Milk House
- Packing House
- Potato Storage Cellar
- Poultry Housing
- Privy
- Roadside Stand
- Root Cellar
- Scale House
- Shed
- Silo
- Smokehouse
- Spray Shed
- Springhouse
- Summer Kitchen
- Wagon Shed
- Wash House
- Wood Shed
- Worker Housing
- Workshop
- Landscape Elements
- Archaeological Features