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Small Barn Designs from the Historic American Building Survey 

View photos, floor plans, exterior elevations and construction details of historic American barns.

 

These eighteenth 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.

 

John R. Trimm Barn, Old Natchez Trace, Tishomingo vicinity, Tishomingo County, MS

Card # MS0034

An abandoned, gambrel roof barn.

 

Early 1700s -1887 Banta Barn, Howland Avenue, Paramus, Bergen County, NJ

Card # NJ1717  Downloadable plans are available for this small Dutch style timber-frame barn.

 

Daniel P. Higgins Barn, Higgins Hollow Road, Truro, Barnstable County, MA

Card # MA0043

 

M. V. Riddle Log Barn, Old Natchez Trace vicinity, Tishomingo vicinity, Tishomingo County, MS

Card # MS0036

Log construction.

 

1860 Stagecoach Station, Log Barn, Colville vicinity, Stevens County, WA

Card # WA0112

Log construction.

 

D.H. Day Farmstead, Pig Barn, Route 109, Glen Arbor, Leelanau County, MI

Card # MI0210

A fancy little bow roof barn for pigs.

 

1820s D. H. Day Farmstead, Outbuilding, Route 109, Glen Arbor, Leelanau County, MI

Card # MI0211

An attractive, two story barn with rolling doors on both the eave and gable sides.

 

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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