Don't know directly of sources - but, in my alternative working life, I
worked at some grand old thoroughbred racetracks like Pimlico, Laurel,
Belmont, and Saratoga, that had some barns constructed in the late 1800s.
Simple wood, board and batten, overhanging walkways ("shedrow"), and plain
dirt floors except for those horses that dug - they got wood floors.  Ah -
my youth...

Stephen P. Austin

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From: "Robert L. Schuyler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 5:16 PM
Subject: Horse Stable Construction


> Does anyone on the list know of any secondary scholarly articles on stable
> construction or of any primary instruction books or guides concerned with
> the later 19th century (ca. 1870-1900) telling how to build a horse
stable?
> More specifically any sources
> (or any encounters in the archaeological record) of wooden stables being
> elevated on brick or stone columns for purposes of
> ventilation (drainage?).
>                                                  Bob Schuyler
>
> Robert L. Schuyler
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