A farmhouse is a building that serves as the primary residence in a rural or agricultural setting. Historically, farmhouses were often combined with space for animals called a house barn.
Farmhouse Home Types. Farmhouse is a term used more often to describe function. Very simply put, homes built on agricultural lands were called farmhouses. They were built out of necessity -- to house and protect the inhabitants who either owned or worked the farm.
The most prominent characteristic of a farmhouse plan is a porch that stretches along the front of the home and may wrap around to the side or rear. A steeply pitched roof typically runs along the length of the home and is sometimes accented by dormers and gables. ... Wraparound porch.
Most Colonial home plans offer ease of construction, with square or rectangular footprints, symmetrical massing, and side-gabled or hipped roofs. Colonial house plans are typically two stories high and are warmed by central or end chimneys.
A Farm is an area of land where livestock (animals) are raised and crops (plants) are grown for use as food, fiber, and fuel. The people who own and work on the farm are called farmers. A farm usually has buildings where equipment such as tractors and supplies are stored.
I love that you are on family land, Dolly. It is a precious place you have there. I went back by my grandmother's old homestead when I went home last year and it was really bittersweet. The last 72 acres of our family farm was sold this past winter and my heart aches just a bit to think that I can never really go home again. You are blessed to be able to be connected to the land like you are now. xo Diana
ReplyDeleteOh Diana, It saddens me that you can never really go home again. I would hope that if you get by there the new owners would let you go up there. Yes bittersweet. You're right we are blessed and it makes Chuck's heart overflow to be here where he was born. xo Dolly
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