Alterations on Stable Level
In the early 20th century, government regulations resulted in renovations of many barn stables. To comply with sanitation requirements, dirt floors and wood stalls were replaced with concrete floors and metal stanchions. More windows were added, and sometimes ventilation systems were installed.
In this 19th century stable in Tioga County, the dirt floor was concreted,
mass produced metal stanchions with water cups were installed, the front and
side walls were replaced, and mass produced metal tilting windows were installed.
Door leading to root cellar under barn bank, Lower Windsor Township, York 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