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4 <br /> Although many detached kitchens were undoubtedly torn down or attached to <br /> main houses in the twentieth century, a high number of these important <br /> domestic outbuildings survive. They are generally quite similar to the small <br /> houses many. people inhabited: one-room buildings with gable-roofs and large <br /> stone chimneys. Some, such as the the 18' by 25' log kitchen on the William <br /> Couch Farm [OR 4711, actually were dwellings originally--used as kitchens when <br /> new houses were built. <br /> C. Wells and Wellhouses <br /> Stone-lined wells with wooden or brick enclosures, often capped with an open <br /> gable or hip-roofed shelter, were found on most farms in close proximity to the <br /> main house. The John Joseph Whitfield Farm [OR 484] has a gable-roofed <br /> wellhouse with the well in front and an enclosed storage closet behind it. <br /> D. Barns <br /> Barns for storing hay and livestock were quite common on all farms. There are <br /> two main types of barns: gable-front and side-gable. Both have the same rec- <br /> tangular shape. Side-gable barns are always constructed of log and have <br /> entrances in the flanks and rectangular horizontal openings in one or both of the <br /> gable ends, where hay or feed could pass through. With the exception of the <br /> feed openings in the gable ends, these barns closely resemble the standard one= <br /> room log house in the township and appear to be the earliest surviving barn <br /> type in the township. The side-gable barn on the Lloyd Farm [OR 392] is a <br /> good example. It has half-dovetail notches and appears to date from the mid- <br /> nineteenth century. Gable-front barns are either of log or frame construction and <br /> have entrances in the gable ends. An example of a. gable-front log barn is found <br /> at the Vance Daniel Farm [OR 3741 <br /> E. Corn Cribs and Granaries <br /> Well-ventilated rectangular cribs of loosely fit logs for storing corn were stan- <br /> dard outbuildings on nearly every farm. Granaries for storing harvested grain <br /> were found on several farms, including the Sam Couch Farm [WA 470], al- <br /> though they are difficult to identify because they look like many other farm <br /> buildings, one-story boxes with gable roofs and a door in the gable end. The <br /> granary on the Lindsey-Wilson Farm does vary from this pattern. Two-stories <br /> tall with doors at both levels, the building resembles a tobacco packhouse. In- <br /> side, wooden bins that held the grain survive. <br /> F. Cotton Houses <br />