Firestone Barn
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The Firestone barn is a Pennsylvania-German bank barn, an American barn type with Swiss origins. They are called bank barns because the barn is built into a bank, allowing wagons to be driven into the upper floor. Bank barns combined multiple farm functions under a single roof. Livestock were kept in the lower floor, crops on the upper floor.
The Firestone barn is a Pennsylvania-German bank barn, an American barn type with Swiss origins. They are called bank barns because the barn is built into a bank, allowing wagons to be driven into the upper floor. Bank barns combined multiple farm functions under a single roof. Livestock were kept in the lower floor, crops on the upper floor.
Artifact
Barn
Date Made
circa 1830
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Ohio, Columbiana
Creator Notes
Barn was built in Columbiana County, Ohio about 1830.
Keywords
United States, Ohio, Columbiana County
Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868-1938
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Working Farms District
Object ID
83.1.0.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
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