Barn Types

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Pennsylvania Barn

Basement Barn

Three-Gable Barn

English Barn

Free Stall Barn

Stable Barn

Round Barn

Ground Barn

Gable-Front Barn

Gable-Entry Bank Barn

Pole Barn

Tobacco Barn

Hay Barn

Sheep Barn

Horse Barn

Appalachian Meadow Barn

Double Decker Barn

English Lake District Barn

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
  • Overview
  • I House
  • Three Bay House
  • Four Over Four House
  • Foursquare House
  • Five Bay House
  • Upright & Wing House
  • Single Pen House
  • Gable-Front House
  • New England Center Chimney House
  • Continental Pennsylvania German House
• Barn Types
  • Overview
  • Pennsylvania Barn
  • Basement Barn
  • Three-Gable Barn
  • English Barn
  • Free Stall Barn
  • Stable Barn
  • Round Barn
  • Ground Barn
  • Gable-Front Barn
  • Gable-Entry Bank Barn
  • Pole Barn
  • Tobacco Barn
  • Hay Barn
  • Sheep Barn
  • Horse Barn
  • Appalachian Meadow Barn
  • Double Decker Barn
  • English Lake District Barn
• Barn Features
  • Overview
  • Access Levels
    • Multiple Level Access
    • Single Level Access
  • Forebays
    • Enclosed Forebay
    • Forebay Not Enclosed
    • Forebay Extended
  • Roof Types
    • Gambrel Roof
    • Gable Roof
    • Rainbow Roof
    • Shed Roof
    • Combination Roof
  • Entries
    • Large Doors in Eaves Side
    • Dutch Doors
    • Large Door in Gable End
    • Human-size Entryways
  • Footprints
    • Rectangular Footprint
    • Tee Footprint
    • Ell Footprint
    • Round Footprint
    • Irregular Footprint
  • Barn Decorations
    • Ventilation Slits
    • Louvered Vents
    • Star Decorations
    • Cut-out Designs
    • Brick-end Designs
    • Roof-ridge Cupolas
    • Date or Inscription
    • Painted Designs
  • Additional Building Features
    • Hay Hood and Door
    • Horse Power Shed
    • Doors Without External Access
    • Machinery Bay
    • Outshed on Bank Side
  • Visible Exterior Alterations
    • Enclosed Forebay on Eaves Side
    • Windows for Poultry
    • Windows for Dairy Cows
    • Shed Roof Extension on Gable End
    • Ell Extension
    • One-story Additions for Livestock
    • Storm Shed on Stable Level
    • Gable-end Extension
    • Milking Parlor
  • Barn Interior Features
    • Post and Beam Framing
    • Logs
    • Shawver Truss
    • Gothic Roof Framing
    • Laminated Planks
    • Barn Interiors
    • Alterations on Stable Level
    • Alterations on Mow Level
• 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
  • Overview
  • Apiary
  • Boundary Demarcations
  • Contour Plowing
  • Creeks and Streams
  • Cropland
  • Drainage
  • Farm Cemetery
  • Farm Lanes
  • Farm Ponds
  • Limekiln
  • Manure Lagoon
  • Mineshaft
  • Orchards
  • Pasture
  • Springs
  • Water Tank
  • Well Head
  • Windbreak
  • Windmills
  • Woodlots
• Archaeological Features
  • Overview
  • Differential Vegetation
  • Foundations
  • Privies
  • Wells