Farm Outbuilding
Designs from the Historic American Building Survey
These eighteen and
nineteenth century buildings are samples of the hundreds of barn
and outbuilding designs that have been preserved through the HABS.
You can view
photos and measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations
and construction details.
1790s - 1870s Hayfields Farm Buildings, Worthington Valley,
Cockeysville vicinity, Baltimore County, MD
Card # MD0462
Late 1700s-Early 1900s - Caldwell-Hutchison Farm, County Road
93, Lowndesville vicinity, Abbeville County, SC
Card # SC0075
The Caldwell-Hutchison Farm has a two story
dogtrot style log
house that was expanded over the years from an original one
story single-pen log cabin. Farm buildings include a log smoke
house, a blacksmith shop and a variety of barns, sheds and
special-purpose outbuildings.
1764 -1867 Burrough-Wick Farm, Outbuildings, Church Road,
Delaware Twp, Camden County, NJ
Card # NJ0402
Ice House, privy and
stone smoke house.
White Haven, Shed, 7400 Grant Road, Affton vicinity, St. Louis
County, MO
Card # MO1774
The photos of this practical shed also show a beautiful hillside
ice house.
Luther Burbank House, Greenhouse, 200 Santa Rosa Avenue,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA
Card #
CA1238
The Historic
American Building Survey is a joint effort of the Library of
Congress and the National Park Service. Read more about their
efforts to preserve America's heritage by visiting their
website:
Built in America To learn
more about any of the designs listed here, search for it by its
card number. Then, explore the vast and ever-growing HABS
collection to view related building designs.
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