Outbuilding Types

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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

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