Hay Bale House

The "Hay Bale House" was the first home built by Auburn University's Rural Studio architecture program. Studio founder Samuel Mockbee and students designed the house for Shepherd and Alberta Bryant of Mason's Bend, a small Hale County community.

House with a covered front porch supported by columns, with several people seated or standing outside beneath a large shade tree; a small stone outbuilding stands nearby.

Photograph © Timothy Hursley

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Rural Studio

Rural Studio

House with a covered front porch supported by columns, with several people seated or standing outside beneath a large shade tree; a small stone outbuilding stands nearby.