Our home was built in 1994 and is a reproduction of a Victorian Farm house. We spent many hours restoring our bank barn to it's original 1897 condition. A bank barn or banked barn was a popular 19th century barn style noted for its accessiblity, at ground level, on two separate levels. These structures were sometimes referred to as "basement barns" because of their exposed basement story. Regionally, this barn style could be known by other names as well, including, in Vermont, Yankee barn, which is a name more often associated with English barns. Often built into the side of a hill, or bank, both the loft and the lower, stable area could be accessed from ground level, one area at the top of the hill and the other at the bottom. The second level of a bank barn also could be accessed from a ramp if a hill was not available.

VICTORIAN FARMS
1375 Aberagg Road • Atwater, Ohio 44201-9743 USA • 330.628.4753 • VictorianFarms@aol.com