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Sweitzer barns are also known as
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built in the United States from about 1790 to 1900. The style's most distinguishing feature is an overshoot or forebay, an area where one or more walls overshoot its foundation. These barns were banked and set into a hillside to ensure easy access to the
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An old-world forebay housebarn. The
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forebay projects in a way that the gable end is asymmetrical.
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