DCHP-3

Dutch barn

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a type of bank barn, used by settlers in Upper Canada, a style introduced by American settlers, who learned the design from the Pennsylvania Dutch.

Quotations

1961
This is an excellent example of a "Dutch" barn and will be used eventually as a farm museum [at Edgeley, Ont., built 1809].