Kinney Octagon Barn
Kinney Octagon Barn in 2010 from the south
Kinney Octagon Barn is located in Iowa
Kinney Octagon Barn
Kinney Octagon Barn is located in the United States
Kinney Octagon Barn
Nearest cityBurr Oak, Iowa
Coordinates43°28′21″N 91°52′4″W / 43.47250°N 91.86778°W / 43.47250; -91.86778
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
Built byL.R. Kinney
MPSIowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR
NRHP reference No.86003191[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ James E. Jacobsen. "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kinney Octagon Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-05. with photos

External links

The site where the barn was located, seen in 2011


U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places in Winneshiek County, Iowa
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