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Wagon Barns from the Historic American Building Survey 

 

Wagon barns were all purpose storage buildings usually located close to yesterday's houses. They sheltered carriages, work wagons, horses, fire wood, workshops, tools and just about anything else. They were the eighteenth and nineteenth century equals of today's garages.

 

The wagon barns listed below are just a few samples of the designs that have been preserved through the HABS. You can view photos and measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations and construction details.

 

1880 Spangler Farm Carriage House, Emmitsburg Road (U.S. Route 15), Gettysburg vicinity, Adams County, PA

Card # PA0018

 

1886 Woodlawn, Carriage Barn & Stable, Saint Georges Hundred, County Route 429, East of Route 428, Odessa vicinity, New Castle County, DE

Card # DE0312

 

1886 Greenlawn, Carriage Barn, Route 896 (North Broad Street), 0.6 mile north of Middletown, Middletown vicinity, New Castle County, DE

Card # DE0257

 

Walter-Kautz Farm, Corn Crib-Wagon Shed, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on Delaware vicinity, Monroe County, PA

Card # PA0614 

 

1790s - 1870s Hayfields Farm Buildings, Worthington Valley, Cockeysville vicinity, Baltimore County, MD

Card # MD0462

 

Johannes Decker Coach House, Shawangunk, Ulster County, NY

Card # NY1149

 

1854 Daniel T. Bigelow House, 918 East Glass Avenue, Olympia, Thurston County, WA

Card # WA0180

 

Augustus Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Stables, Saint Gaudens Road, off State Route 12A, Cornish City, Sullivan County, NH

Card # NH0132

 

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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