Kinney Octagon Barn

Kinney Octagon Barn
Kinney Octagon Barn in 2010 from the south
Nearest city Burr Oak, Iowa
Coordinates 43°28′21″N 91°52′4″W / 43.47250°N 91.86778°W / 43.47250; -91.86778Coordinates: 43°28′21″N 91°52′4″W / 43.47250°N 91.86778°W / 43.47250; -91.86778
Area less than one acre
Built 1880
Built by L.R. Kinney
Architectural style Other
MPS Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR
NRHP reference # 86003191[1]
Added to NRHP November 19, 1986

The Kinney Octagon Barn was a historic agricultural building located just north of Burr Oak, Iowa, United States. Lorenzo Coffin was a stock breeder and the farm editor of the Fort Dodge Messenger. He is thought to have built the first round barn in Iowa in 1867.[2] The modified hip roof and heavy timber construction of this barn, built in 1880, suggests that it was a Coffin-type octagon barn. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1986.[1] It has subsequently been torn down.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ James E. Jacobsen. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kinney Octagon Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-05. with photos
The site where the barn was located, seen in 2011


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