"The richness of American folk architecture, in both its original and evolved forms, is enough to make your head spin, and Mr. Noble does it full justice. This second volume is every bit as good as the first volume. No architectural taxonomist should be without them."—New York Times Book Review

"In this companion to Houses, Noble continues his thorough treatment of North American settlement areas. Part 1 focuses on the evolution of barns, and while other books have scrutinized individual styles and locales, Noble's comprehensive study spans the country. This set is the most extensive and scholarly study of North American settlement architecture available. Drawings, photographs, and maps all contribute to work that is essential for architecture and American studies collections."—Library Journal

"From country roads across North America one sees homesteads surrounded by handsome barns and intriguing farm structures which for the urbanite may arouse a picturesque response or even curiosity. To explain and analyze these rural structures in detail is the purpose of this book and well done it is. . . . One values this complied research more for knowing that changes in agriculture are making many such structures obsolete, hastening their disappearance."—Choice