Horse Barn

A horse barn generally contains box stalls for horses, and a tack room for saddles, harnesses, and other equipment. Larger barns sometimes have stalls arranged in rows with an aisle between, and some also have extended roofs for shade and wash rooms. Other characteristic features include divided ("Dutch") doors and/or small windows to provide light and ventilation. Most freestanding horse barns found in Pennsylvania postdate 1960, since historically horses would often be stabled in a larger barn or carriage house. Horse barns often appear on Plain Sect farms and on farms where horses are boarded or bred.

Horse Barn, Chester County, mid to late twentieth century
Horse Barn, Chester County, mid to late twentieth century