Workshop
This catch-all term refers to a small structure dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. The "work" that took place there could be artisan trades like blacksmithing, or "putting-out" work such as broom-making; many farm people did other labor to occupy their time in winter, or to make extra money. Workshops also permit repair and maintenance of farm equipment. The workshop usually would be constructed of frame sited close to the road; have a lot of windows to supply much-needed light. Often a chimney signals a stove within, or in the case of a blacksmith shop, a forge. Sometimes a shop would have large doors to permit access for machinery or horses.
Blacksmith shop, Bradford County, early twentieth century.
Note
This is a static, archived version of the PHMC Pennsylvania Agricultural History Project website which will not be updated. It is a snapshot of the website with minor modifications as it appeared on August 26, 2015.
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