Much variety - witness Roe, and Noble & Cleek 156.
Names
Corn Crib - "Crib" usually referes to one of two structures:
- A log crib - a rectangular structure or major component of a building made of hewn logs that are overlapped at the corners and notched to lock into place; e.g. Log Cabin, Log House, Log Crib Barn.
- A building/structure used to store and shelter unshelled maize (ear corn); rectangular and usually simple, such as with a shed roof and no loft, and with plain walls of cribbing with almost no openings; usually used for smaller such buildings/structures, but sometimes applied to larger ones.
These may have been originally related, but are now like apples and oranges - both fruit, but very different fruit in every way. (In addition, the "baby's crib" further gums up the issue.)
Corn Barn - Much more appropriate for the larger corn crib (such as the "Scioto Valley" type/subtype), and especially the Combination Corn Crib / Granary. Noble & Cleek concur, though not necessarily with this exact term (Noble & Cleek 157).
Corn Sheds - Appropriate for the smaller versions.
Corn House - This uses the term "house" which I prefer to reserve to human habitations, regardless of how ubiquitous such use was in the past.
Corn Cratch - [see Roe 15]
Corn Crib / Granary - A hybrid building, combining storage of ear corn with storage of threshed grain. But, what is the distinction between the earlier small gabled granary with built-in corn crib vs. the large mega-bushel barn with built in motorized elevator and cupola and spouting? And what about the emphasis? What percentage grain vs. corn?
Combination Corn Crib / Granary - Same as the above, but perhaps clearer on its dual identity, rather than unclear identity ("Is it a corn crib or a granary?).
I have used the term "corn crib" consistently and exclusively, but now realize that it may be wrong. Considering the above information, I now choose to use the term "___" for lack of anything better.
Define: maize vs. corn (esp. European usage of term)
