A classic work on farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders refreshed with a new introduction. Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn portrays the four essential components of the stately and beautiful connected farm buildings made by nineteenth-century New Englanders that stand today as a living expression of a rural culture, offering insights into the people who made them and their agricultural way of life. A visual delight as well as an engaging tribute to our nineteenth-century forebears, this book, first published nearly forty years ago, has become one of the standard works on regional farmsteads in America. This new edition features a new preface by the author.

Features All the Queen's Horses 143 Coaching in Norfolk 2002 147 Exhibiting Horse-drawn Vehicles, Part II 149 Successful Tailgating Requires Planning 152 Cooper's Coach 154 E.T. Clemmons and his "Hattie Butner" 158 The Frank Lloyd Wright Carriages 166 Tips for Barn Builders 172 Departments The View from the Box 142 Tack Room Talk 157 The Road Behind: Collection, Part I 162 Memories Mostly Horsy 164

Alleys and back buildings have been largely overlooked in studies of the American urban environment. And yet, rental alley houses, servant and slave quarters, carriage houses, stables, and other secondary structures have lined the alleys and filled the backyards of Galveston since its early days as a growing port city on the upper Texas Gulf Coast. Like their counterparts in other cities, these buildings and their inhabitants have had a profound visual, physical, and social impact on the history and development of Galveston. Interweaving written documents, oral interviews, and pictorial images, Beasley presents a vivid picture of Galveston’s alleys and alley life from the founding of the city into the twentieth century. The book blends a unique combination of research, photography, and the voices of those who have lived and live along the alleys. Beasley has uncovered and analyzed a wealth of new information not only about the back buildings of Galveston but also about their occupants and the complex cultural forces at work in their lives.

Containing more than 900 listings of builders, suppliers, and manufacturers, The Alternative Building Sourcebook is an indispensable reference for the ardent amateur or professional in the construction trades. 85 photos.

Designs for barns, stables, sheds, and carriage houses.