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The barn is 25 by18 feet, facing west, towards the alley. A secondary front is on the south side, facing to nearby street. The interior was not investigated. The visible materials indicate a date of c1870-1890.
A sliding wagon door takes up the left 1/3 of the west elevation, opening directly onto the alley, and another wagon door takes up the left half of the south elevation, opening onto the yard but close to the alley. Also on the south elevation, a recessed garage door has been added on the right side, behind the track of the wagon door. An entry door is on the right corner of the east elevation. A square window is off-center on the north elevation, and another is centered (?) on the east elevation. The only hay door is centered on the second floor of the west elevation, and a small vent window is centered in the south gable. The lower edge of the "barn gable seam" is cut into a decorative [reverse castellation] on the south and north elevations. The door arrangement indicates a bay structure of 8-9 feet square, as indicated in the plan.
The barn is centered on the rear of the lot, with about 12 feet on either side. The street is right on the right side of the lot; the stop sign is visible on the right edge of the facade photo.
The dimensions and proportion of this carriage barn are similar to a [Hayloft] Cattle Shed and [Golden Rectangle] Barn.
Halsted 1881 Figure 24
Combination One-Bay + Three-Stall Carriage Barn featured in the 1881 Barn Plans and Outbuildings edited by Dr. Byron D. Halsted, figure 24-26, discussed on pages 39-41:
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Can this be considered a carriage barn, with provisions for livestock other than horse(s) for the carriage?
Of course - the physical features for a cow are little different from that for a horse. It's like saying a Gabled Foursquare isn't a Foursquare...
Two items are reduced from Halsted f027. No feed bins are in the loft, and thus no chute to drain them. The lack of bins may be because if someone could afford this size instead of Halsted f027, then they probably have accomodations in another building...or the bins are smply an elective feature. No gablet is around the hayloft door.
Halsted 1881 Figure 27
Combination One-Bay + Two-Stall Carriage Barn featured in the 1881 Barn Plans and Outbuildings edited by Dr. Byron D. Halsted, figure 27, discussed on pages 41-42:
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The illustration appears inaccurate. Sliding door to stock room on side, where the stock would be taken out, not on the front, where only humans would pass through. The loft door in the plan is also labled as a window.
The addition of a gablet/wall dormer to this one, a smaller, minimal barn in contrast to Halsted f024, is probably not superficial ornament, but to compensate for the general smaller size by allowing more activity space around door.
"Carriage House," "Combined Carriage House and Tool House," or "Wagon House."
Combination Carriage Barn / Wagon Shed / Tool Shed / Granary Barn featured in the 1881 Barn Plans and Outbuildings edited by Dr. Byron D. Halsted, figure 125-128, discussed on pages 125-127:
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How best to name this small multipurpose building? In the field, it would be immediately labeled a Carriage Barn or Carriage House. Is this typical of the diversity of Carriage Barns? Should they be subclassified?
- Yes, as usual (self-knowing roll-of-eyes). But how much can be determined from the exterior?
This is clearly not quite a cariage barn - even Halstead implies it by not grouping it with his other carriage barns (Halsted f24 and Halsted f27).
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