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Pennsylvania Dutch barn

Pennsylvania Dutch barn, Pennsylvania barn

A two-story barn, built into the slope of a hill, whose upper structure overhangs the story below on the downhill side.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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