Timber-Frame Home Designs from the Historic American Building Survey 

View and print photos, floor plans, exterior elevations and construction details of historic American timber-framed houses.

 

Timber-Frame Home Designs from the Historic American Building Survey - View and print photos, floor plans, exterior elevations and construction details of historic American timber-framed houses.

Photo: John Kimball House, 75 High Street, Ipswich, Essex County, MA

Timber-Frame House Designs from the Historic American Building Survey 

 

This list, selected by the Library of Congress includes sixty-five sixty-five houses, in a variety of styles, built in eleven different states. All show some aspect of the timber frame in drawings, details and photos.

 

These seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century homes are just a few samples of the hundreds of timber-frame building designs that have been preserved through the HABS. You can view photos and measured drawings of floor plans, exterior elevations and construction details.

 

The Historic American Building Survey is a joint effort of the Library of Congress and the National Park Service. Read more about their efforts to preserve America's heritage by visiting their website: Built in America  To learn more about any of the designs listed here, search for it by its card number. Then, explore the vast and ever-growing HABS collection to view related building designs.

 

 

  Find more on Pinterest

 

Sponsors:

Yard Barn Plans

Build the perfect little barn for your Backyard. Have a shelter for your lawn tractor and a big storage loft for all of your seasonal stuff. Or, build yourself the perfect backyard studio, workshop or hobby shop. Order inexpensive plans, by architect Don Berg, for practical, flexible, little pole-barns.

 

Inexpensive, Simple and Flexible Small Pole-Barn Plans and Pole-Frame Garage Plans bu Architect Don Berg

Download Shed, Garage, Small Barn and Workshop Building Plans - Get 100+ Designs, Sises and Layouts for Just $29

100+ Instant Download Building Plans: Garages; Barns; Sheds; Workshops  Get started on your new shed, cabana, barn, garage, car barn, hobby shop, carriage house, workshop or backyard studio right now. With one order for just $29.00 you can download professional construction blueprints for over one hundred different designs.