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CHAPTER V BUILDING FORMS ON THE HOMESTEAD The h o u se i s t h e h e a r t h b u t n o t t h e l i m i t o f o n e ’s home. Beyond i t i s t h e y a r d (h om estead) w i t h i t s o u t b u i l d ­ i n g s , a l l o f which a r e i n t r i c a t e l y a s s o c i a t e d w ith d a i l y l i f e and t h e home and farm economy. The o u t b u i l d i n g s p r o ­ v id e s h e l t e r e d s p a c e f o r s t o r a g e and f o r a n im a ls and t h e r e ­ f o r e r e p r e s e n t an e x t e n s i o n o f h o u s in g which e x h i b i t s d eeps e a te d t r a d i t i o n s in fo lk a r c h i t e c t u r e . The i n c l u s i o n in t h i s s t u d y o f t h e most i m p o r t a n t o u t b u i l d i n g s n o t o n ly makes t h e d e s c r i p t i o n o f Mormon d o m e stic f o l k a r c h i t e c t u r e more c o m p le te , i t a l s o le n d s s u p p o r t t o t h e c o n c l u s i o n s drawn c o n c e r n in g c u l t u r a l a s s i m i l a t i o n and h o m o g e n e ity . The em p hasis i s a g a i n on form , e s p e c i a l l y t h e form o f t h e b a r n s and g r a n a r i e s , t h e most im p o r t a n t o u t b u i l d i n g s , b u t th e fu n c tio n s cf th e se b u ild in g s a re a ls o d is c u s s e d , e s p e c ia lly where f u n c t i o n r e l a t e s t o form . I t i s i m p o r t a n t , how ever, to p re fa c e th e d e s c r i p t i o n s of o u tb u ild in g s w ith a b r i e f i n t r o d u c t i o n t o t h e n a t u r e o f t h e Mormon h o m e stea d and v illa g e p a tte rn .^ The e a r l y Mormon s e t t l e m e n t s i n t h e West a r e b e s t d e f i n e d a s n u c l e a t e d farm v i l l a g e s , t h a t i s , t h e y were ^Mormon v i l l a g e p a t t e r n s have b e e n r a t h e r t h o r o u g h l y d i s c u s s e d b y s c h o l a r s from many d i s c i p l i n e s (N e ls o n ; S p e n c e r, 1940; F r a n c a v l g l i a , 1 9 7 0 ). There i s no a t t e m p t h e r e t o plow a g a i n t h i s g ro u n d a l r e a d y w e ll c u l t i v a t e d b u t m e re ly t o p r o ­ v id e a g e n e ra l s e t t i n g f o r a d is c u s s io n o f th e o u tb u ild in g s . 210 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.