English barn

A common door arrangement of the three-bay barn, but with a shed-roof addition to the right side.
A romantic view of the threshing floor. Doors on both side-walls was common but not universal. The swinging doors are typical but here they are a rare type called haar hung (they are suspended from one of the door stiles).

The English barn, or three-bay barn, is a barn style that was most popular in the northeast region of the US,[1] but are the most widespread barn type in America. This barn type is, with the New World Dutch barn, the oldest type and has been called the "...grandfather of the American barn."[2] New barns in this style were constructed for over a century, from the 1770s through the 1900s.[3]

  1. ^ Auer, Michael J. The Preservation of Historic Barns, Preservation Briefs, National Park Service, first published October 1989. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
  2. ^ Jiusto, Chere, and Christine Brown. Hand raised: the barns of Montana. Helena, Mt.: Montana Historical Society Press ;, 2011. Print. 3. ISBN 0980129206
  3. ^ Historic Barn Types, Taking Care of Your Old Barn, University of Vermont, Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. Retrieved 7 February 2007.