[Linear-Cattle Pen] Barn (LCP) or [Gable-Entry Narrow Rectangular] Livestock Barn
(GENR Ls B)

Diagnostics

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Elements* = diagnostic

(only two observed closely)

Size: ** Small size: About 16-18 by 24-18 feet
Shape: * squarish rectangular footprint
Height:** low; moderate-height ground floor with minimal hayloft above (1.25 to 1.5 story height)
Width: ** 1 to 1.5 bays wide
Depth: * 1.5 to 2 bays deep
Roof: only examples are gable, with gable-front orientation
Door: Usually only 1 on front, off-center: a stock or wagon door, and another in line on rear; and if another, an entry door to side of front
Plan: single room with no floor
Structure:
Ornament: unadorned (except for paint)

Features

(only two interiors observed)

no windows (except on an addition)
no hay door
interior is plain and utilitarian

Observations

May look similar to other ubiquitous small barns/sheds
Only two examples noted (as of 6/1/02) so little statistical accuracy

Range

Observed in level, rich farmland
Part of farmsteads

Regions Observed:

2: Great Black Swamp (Henry & Fulton counties) (3/16/02)

References

There is nothing I know of published on this type in geographic publications of midwestern or national scope. Research, observation, and documentation is required.

Names

[Small Livestock] Barn - Not too descriptive, and not quite big enough to be a barn; also rather ubiquitous name, used for other barn types (applied kbc 6/1/02). I assume these were originally cattle or some sort of livestock barn.
[Small Low Gable-Front Off-Center-Door] Barn (SLGfOcd B)- Horrible, but the best I can come up with at the moment (applied kbc 6/6/02)

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Examples:

images are approximately same scale, though seen through different 35mm camera lenses (28mm, 50mm, or various for b/w images) or varying artist's perspective and accuracy

Built

e.g. Children's Home Remnant - CLI-250-5 (AL 074) - Wilmington Bypass Architectural Survey

Condition: Good. Converted into Wagon Shed, but probably originally livestock barn.

Date: probably originally ca. 1910-1930; alterations ca. 1940-1960.

Original design indicated by regularly spaced windows along side, which are small and square.

Elements

Gable entry - paired wagon doors

No loft

Narrow rectangular form

No interior flooring (though possibly removed for wheeled vehicles) (none needed for cattle, as stated by Boggs, WV)

Windows for livestock: regularly spaced windows along side, small and square

Meduim to small size: About 20x50 ft.

Similar to Halsted 1881: 50-52, fig. 38

Features

Observations

vs. [Center-Entry Rectangular] Livestock Barn: Is this an earlier version that was reduced to a more efficient size and reoriented to a more efficient placement?

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