Firestone Barn

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Barn

Date Made

circa 1830

Creator Notes

Barn was built in Columbiana County, Ohio about 1830.

Location

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)