[Small Low Gable-Front Off-Center-Door] Barn
(SLGfOcd B)

or [Small Livestock] Barn

Diagnostics

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)

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

Small barn beside primary, twinned barn on the Leatherman Farmstead at 18160 U.S. Route 20A, Fulton County, Ohio, USA.

The core is 18x24 ft., facing south, originally symmetrically gabled but now with a 6 ft. lean-to added to the east side. A wagon door is on the front, with an entry door on the lean-to; a cart door on the rear has been modified into a stock door. Two small window are on the side of the lean-to. Is has a concrete foundation, is built of reused lumber and has a small loft.

It may have been built soon after 1900 like the adjacent primary barns, but those burned and were reconstructed c1927-28, and so this may also have been rebuilt at the same time. (Recorded 3/16/02 as part of the Ohio Barn Conference III tour; info from tour leaflet.)

Small barn beside primary, three-gable Yankee Barn barn on the abandoned farmstead on Henry County Road 11 just northeast of Henry County Road L, Henry County, Ohio, USA.

The core is 16x28 ft., facing north, with the north door possibly enlarged. South door is about 9 ft wide, with 6 ft. spece to right. Barn/shed has a poured concrete foundation and is built probably of reused lumber with no evidence of a loft, and is now used to store equipment. (Recorded 3/16/01 on return from the Ohio Barn Conference III tour.)

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