Workshop Designs
from the Historic American Building Survey
These work
buildings, which span three centuries, are samples of the
hundreds of designs that have been preserved through the HABS.
You can view
photos and measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations
and construction details.
Kuhlman-Periman Ranch, Workshop, County Route 28, Dolores
vicinity, Montezuma County, CO
Card # CO0160
A one pen log structure,
abandoned by the time of the photos and measured drawings.
William Allen White Cabins, Work Cabin, Bear Lake Road, Estes
Park vicinity, Larimer County, CO
Card # CO0284
An attractive log cabin used as a workshop.
1845 Fort Gibson, Blacksmith Shop, Garrison Avenue, Fort Gibson,
Muskogee County, OK
Card # OK0030
A ruin, of stone construction.
1786 Reuben Matlack Blacksmith & Wheelwright Shop, Maple Shade,
Burlington County, NJ
Card # NJ0347
These photos and measured drawings
are of what must have been an
attractive and practical compound building of stone and wood
frame.
1840 Blacksmith Shop, (moved to MA, Hampden County, West
Springfield, Exposition Grounds), Chesterfield, Cheshire County,
NH
Card # NH0135
A small stone blacksmith shop.
1924 James Taylor Shop, Yukon River, Opposite Fourth of
July Creek, Eagle vicinity, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK
Card # AK0116
A single room log structure.
Cobbler Shop, Main Street, Zoar, Tuscarawas County, OH
Card # OH0329
A roadside cobbler shop
in Zoar, Ohio. Zoar village was founded in
1817 by a group of about 200 German Separatists seeking escape
from religious persecution in their homeland. Through most of
the 1800s it was the center of their communal society.
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.
