springhouses
Water-chilled food storage
Springhouses are small structures built over natural springs to keep food cool before refrigeration.
The constant cold water and cool air inside preserved milk, butter, and other perishables.
They were common on American farms through the 19th century: The old springhouse still stands behind the farmhouse.
Singular: springhouse.
Milk-based foods collectively
- cellarUnderground storage room
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- cold storageRefrigerated preservation space
- creameryButter-making facility
foundation · fieldstone · trough · channel · cooling · limestone · masonry · vernacular
Mammalian nursing fluid
chilled · storage · pans · crocks · containers · separation · skimming · churning
Unbroken forward movement
- sourcePoint of origin
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
- streamSteady continuous flow
runoff · natural · gravity · pipe · diversion · cistern · freshwater · cold
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- ruralOf the countryside
- farmsteadFarm with residence
- restorationReturning something to condition
- landmarkNotable point of reference
museum · historical · traditional · folk architecture · agrarian · pioneer · settler · antebellum
dairy
Milk-based foods collectively
- cellarUnderground storage room
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- cold storageRefrigerated preservation space
creamery · foundation · fieldstone · trough · channel · cooling · limestone · masonry · vernacular · outbuilding
milk
Mammalian nursing fluid
fresh · chilled · storage · pans · crocks · containers · separation · skimming · churning · preservation
flow
Unbroken forward movement
- sourcePoint of origin
- groundwaterWater in underground rock
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
stream · runoff · natural · gravity · pipe · diversion · cistern · freshwater · cold · constant
Appalachian
Eastern U.S. mountain region
- ruralOf the countryside
- farmsteadFarm with residence
- restorationReturning something to condition
landmark · museum · historical · traditional · folk architecture · agrarian · pioneer · settler · antebellum · rustic
- rural structuresbarns, stables, farmhouses, outbuildings, silos
- dairyingdairy farms, dairy cows, milk production, dairy farming, creameries
- farm heritagefarmstead, barns, farm tools, farmhouses, barn dance
- historic farmsfarmsteads, homesteads, heritage farms, Mount Vernon, Monticello
springhousesicehouses
Structures storing frozen water
root cellars · refrigerators · freezers · walk-in coolers · cellars
springhousessmokehouses
Structures for curing meats
bakehouses · kilns · ovens · hothouses · greenhouses