Photograph of a village in rolling hills. Large boulders sit on the side of the dirt road in the foreground. A gambrel roof barn stands in the middle of the field behind the post and wire fence next ...

In Potterville, Eldon Wright’s recently restored barn also recalls simpler times, with its gambrel roof, its two graceful cupolas outfitted with dormer windows and its steel windmill.

The barn’s gambrel roof construction was designed to store hay. According to Mayor Corby, in the mid 19th century, the innovation of a hay track allowed farmers to avoid gathering loose hay with ...

A gambrel roof is a symmetrical, two-sided type of roof design featuring two distinct slopes on each side–the upper slope is shallow, while the lower slope is much steeper. This configuration ...

The gambrel roof is a symmetrical two-sided roof with ... Another option is a pole barn. The pole barn house uses post-frame construction where poles are either driven into the ground or secured ...

"The clients had been researching precedents for the new structure and had decided that the 2,400-square-foot (223-square-metre) building should take the form of a classic gambrel-roof barn ...