Washington State Silos & Barns

Forms and Types

By Michael Houser, State Architectural Historian

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesSilos

Wooden Octagonal SiloAsotin Co – c.1895

King SiloKlickitat Co. – 1920

Vertical Wood Stave SiloClark Co. – c.1900

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesSilos

Concrete Stave SiloPierce Co. – c.1920

Brick SiloSpokane Co. – 1919 Glazed Tile Silo

Clark Co. - 1920

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesSilos

Harvestore SilosAdams County - c. 1948

Poured Concrete SiloGrays Harbor Co. – c.1935

Steel Paneled SiloPierce Co. – c.1935

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesEnglish Gambrel

Kittitas Co - 1927

Whatcom Co. - 1923Columbia Co. - 1908

Thurston Co. – c.1930

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesDutch Gambrel (note flare at eave line)

Pacific Co. – c.1930

Pend Oreille Co. - 1916Pacific Co. – c.1956

Island Co. - 1914

Spokane Co – c. 1925

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesGable (sometimes referred to as an English barn)

Adams Co. – 1901

Lincoln Co. – 1902

Skagit Co. – 1890

Peirce Co. – 1910

Skagit Co. – 1904

Kitsap Co. – 1933

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesBroken Gable / Gable with High Lean-tos

Asotin Co. – c. 1895Franklin Co. – 1912

San Juan Co. – c.1890 Walla Walla Co. – 1880

King Co. – 1911

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesSalt Box (integrated lean-to)

Columbia Co. – 1881

Lincoln Co. – 1900 Pierce Co. – 1915

Spokane Co. – 1948

Klickitat Co. – c.1910

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesDutch Barn (roof projecting down to 1st floor)

Stevens Co. – 1926

Skagit Co. – c.1895

Lewis Co. – 1917

Whitman Co. – c.1920Snohomish Co. – c.1886

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesHip

Island Co. – 1895

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesBank Barn (note 2nd floor overhang)

Whitman Co. – c.1910

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesGable-on-Hip

Walla Walla Co. – 1893Snohomish Co. – c.1900

Island Co. – 1880

San Juan Co. – c.1890

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesGothic (pointed arch roof truss)

Whitman Co. – 1917Thurston Co. – c.1925

Spokane Co. – 1926Clark Co. – 1930 Island Co. – 1919

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesRound / Bow Truss (note completely arched trusses)

Grays Harbor Co. – 1931

Asotin Co. – c.1925

Wahkiakum Co. – 1938

Clark Co. – 1938

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesWestern Barn/ Monitor Barn / Basilican

Island Co. – 1942

Thurston Co. – c.1930Schneider Black Angus Cattle Co. – 1930

Kitsap Co. – 1938

Skagit Co. – c.1900

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesCentric / Round Barns

Lewis Co. – c. 1905

Whitman Co. - 1917Yakima Co. – c.1914 Whitman Co. – 1916

Klickitat Co. – 1915

Spokane Co. – 1915

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesHay Hoods

Garfield Co. – c.1910

Kittitas Co.- 1906

Pierce Co.– 1915Whitman Co. - 1929

Island Co.- 1902Whitman Co.– 1925

Washington State Heritage Barn - Forms & TypesCupolas

Whitman Co. – 1935

Snohomish Co. – 1932

Walla Walla Co.– 1890 Spokane Co. – 1926

Adams Co. - 1901

Pend Oreille Co. – 1901