Garage Designs
from the Historic American Building Survey
View photos, floor plans,
exterior elevations and construction details of historic American
garages.
These old garages
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.
1929 Death Valley
Lower Grapevine Ranch, Garage, Death Valley Junction vicinity,
Inyo County, CA
Card # CA1579
A small one-car,
gable entry garage.
Kuhlman-Periman
Ranch, Garage, Dolores vicinity, Montezuma County, CO
Card # CO0161
This abandoned log
building is a nice combination of a garage and a workshop or
storage area.
1939 - 1981 Mount
McKinley Headquarters, Garage & Repair Shop, McKinley Station,
AK
Card # AK0132
A two-level,
hillside garage for five vehicles.
Sleeping Bear Inn,
Garage-Dorm, Route 209, Glen Arbor vicinity, Leelanau County, MI
Card # MI0214
A six-bay garage
with second level dorm rooms at Sleeping Bear Dunes National
Lakeshore.
1941 Red Cross
Complex, Garage, Southwest corner of Eagle & Borman Drives,
Rantoul vicinity, Champaign County, IL
Card # IL0815
The drawings for
this three-car, eave entry, gable roof garage include faming
details.
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.
