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A '''housebarn''' (also '''house-barn''' or '''house barn''') is a building that is a combination of a [[house]] and a [[barn]].<ref name="WisconsinBarnsStories">{{Cite episode |title=Wisconsin Barns:Stories |episodelink=http://www.wpt.org/barns/stories.html |series= |serieslink= |credits= |network=Wisconsin Channel/Wisconsin Public Television |station=[[WPNE-TV]] |airdate=January 15, 2010 |season= |seriesno= |number= |minutes= }}</ref><ref name="PelsterHousebarn">{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonmo.us/Housebarn.html|title=Pelster Housebarn|publisher=Friends of the Pelster Housebarn|accessdate=15 January 2010 |
A '''housebarn''' (also '''house-barn''' or '''house barn''') is a building that is a combination of a [[house]] and a [[barn]].<ref name="WisconsinBarnsStories">{{Cite episode |title=Wisconsin Barns:Stories |episodelink=http://www.wpt.org/barns/stories.html |series= |serieslink= |credits= |network=Wisconsin Channel/Wisconsin Public Television |station=[[WPNE-TV]] |airdate=January 15, 2010 |season= |seriesno= |number= |minutes= }}</ref><ref name="PelsterHousebarn">{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonmo.us/Housebarn.html|title=Pelster Housebarn|publisher=Friends of the Pelster Housebarn|accessdate=15 January 2010}}</ref> |
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==Styles== |
==Styles== |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Housebarns were built beginning in prehistoric times after people discovered that the [[Thermoregulation|body heat]] of animals helps to warm human living areas.<ref name="MaxKadeInstitute">{{cite web|url=http://mki.wisc.edu/Education/Einhaus/Housebarn.htm|title=The Lutze Housebarn|last=Enstad Rommelfanger|first=Karyl|publisher=Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref><!--not to mention saving going outside in blizzards--> Living with livestock in the combined building also allowed people to be able to prevent thieves from stealing their animals.<ref name="WisconsinBarnsStories" /> Housebarns were developed in Western Europe, |
Housebarns were built beginning in prehistoric times after people discovered that the [[Thermoregulation|body heat]] of animals helps to warm human living areas.<ref name="MaxKadeInstitute">{{cite web|url=http://mki.wisc.edu/Education/Einhaus/Housebarn.htm|title=The Lutze Housebarn|last=Enstad Rommelfanger|first=Karyl|publisher=Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies|accessdate=16 January 2010}}</ref><!--not to mention saving going outside in blizzards--> Living with livestock in the combined building also allowed people to be able to prevent thieves from stealing their animals.<ref name="WisconsinBarnsStories" /> Housebarns were developed in [[Western Europe]].<ref name="Green43">{{cite book|last=Green|first=Thomas A.|title=Folklore: an encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=1997|pages=43|isbn=087436986X|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=S7Wfhws3dFAC&pg=PA43&lpg=PA43&dq=%22housebarn%22&source=bl&ots=6b6iqIwF5m&sig=kf5bAN9SWnTtyRFoyQ4pxG4mpnQ&hl=en&ei=DXpWS8K7LYjgNb7d6OAE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBAQ6AEwBDhk#v=onepage&q=%22housebarn%22&f=false}}</ref> Immigrants to North America rarely built housebarns; they typically divided the barn and house functions into separate buildings.<ref name="Green43" /> |
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==Advantages and disadvantages== |
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Revision as of 18:28, 20 June 2010
A housebarn (also house-barn or house barn) is a building that is a combination of a house and a barn.[1][2]
Styles
There are several styles of housebarns. One style is a building where the barn portion shares a wall with the house portion.[3] Sometimes the house portion will extend into part of the loft on the second story of the barn portion.[3] Another style features the barn as the lower portion of the building and the house as the second floor.[3]
History
Housebarns were built beginning in prehistoric times after people discovered that the body heat of animals helps to warm human living areas.[4] Living with livestock in the combined building also allowed people to be able to prevent thieves from stealing their animals.[1] Housebarns were developed in Western Europe.[5] Immigrants to North America rarely built housebarns; they typically divided the barn and house functions into separate buildings.[5]
Advantages and disadvantages
Owners have stated that they find it convenient to not have to walk outside while feeding or watching a medical issue such as birth of animal young.[3] They often can hear the animal noises, which can be disruptive or helpful when an animal has problems.[3]
One American builder estimates that 5% of its buildings have an attached living area, some of which are small apartments.[3] They cite several concerns about building a housebarn. Since less people are interested in owning a living quarters attached to the house, housebarns have a more limited marketability.[3] This causes lending institutions to be less likely to grant a loan.[3] Bankers are less likely to accept housebarns as collateral.[3] Housebarns are more costly to insure since they are treated like barns, which have a higher risk of fire.[3] The house portion may get unwanted pests that are common in barns like mice, flies, and birds.[3]
Distribution
Belgium
- Langgevelboerderijen (see below under Netherlands) can be found in Limburg, such as that at Houthalen (pictured).
Germany
Housebarns were common in the Schleswig-Holstein region of German in the 17th and 18th centuries.[6]
Netherlands
Combined farmhouses and barns in a number of different styles can be found in several areas of the Netherlands.[7]
- Drentse-boerderij, found in Drenthe and northern Overijssel. These elongated buildings are often thatched.
- Kop-hals-rompboerderij, found in Friesland and western Groningen, these buildings consist of three sections, the kop containing the house, the hals being a small linking section, and the romp being the barn.
- Kop-rompboerderij, found in Friesland and western Groningen, these building are similar to the kop-hals-rompborderijen, but the house is joined directly to the barn.
- Langgevelboerderij, found in Noord Brabant, these consist of a long building that faces the road, with the house at one end.
- Los hoes boerderij, found around Twente, Overijssel. These buildings were originally open inside. The farmer and his family sharing the same space as the livestock.
- Oldambtster boerderij, found in eastern Groningen. The house is usually tiled, while the barn is thatched.
- Stolpboerderij, these consist of a square pyramidal shaped building, or sometimes rectangular. The roofs of these buildings may be fully tiled or part tiled, part thatched. The house part of these buildings may present an ornate facade. This type of building is found in Noord Holland, and also in Friesland, where they are called stelpboerderij
- T-boerderij, found in Overijssel, Utrecht and Zuid Holland, these combined houses and barns are similar to the kop-rompboerderijen, but the farmhouse forms the crossbar of a letter 'T', with the barn forming the stem.
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A kop-hals-rompboerderij -
A Langgevelboerderij, Houthalen, Belgium. -
A loes hoes boerderij at the Arnhem Openluchtmuseum. -
A stelpboerderij -
Oudambster boerderij, Meeden, Groningen
United States
Housebarns are more prevalent in areas that were settled by German immigrants. There are twelve historic housebarns in the United States.[2] Many of these housebarns are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
- Lutze Housebarn in Newton, Wisconsin.[8] It is one of two remaining buildings of its construction in the United States.[1][9]
- Wilhelm Pelster House-Barn in New Haven, Missouri.[2][10]
- Jacob Weins House-Barn[10]
- Peter Wittmayer House-Barn[10]
- Wilhelm Moser House-Barn[10]
- Alex Seitaniemi Housebarn[9]
- John and Kate Merkwan Rubblestone House-Barn[10]
- Martin and Wilhelminn Grosz House-Barn[10]
- Kliese Housebarn[9]
- Enoch Hofer House-Barn[10]
- Wihelm Ziegler House-Barn[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Wisconsin Barns:Stories". January 15, 2010. Wisconsin Channel/Wisconsin Public Television. WPNE-TV.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Whittington, Kay. "Living with Horses - Literally!". Myhorse.com. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ^ Enstad Rommelfanger, Karyl. "The Lutze Housebarn". Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- ^ a b Green, Thomas A. (1997). Folklore: an encyclopedia of beliefs, customs, tales, music, and art. ABC-CLIO. p. 43. ISBN 087436986X.
- ^ Ruggiero, Brenda (June/July 2009). "Special Delivery from Germany". German Life. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Tourist Guide Netherlands. Watford: Michelin PLC. 1995. pp. 33–34. ISBN 2-06-157401-7.
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- ^ a b c "Housebarn search". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "House-barn search". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 20 January 2010.