Bird Octagonal Mule Barn

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Bird Octagonal Mule Barn
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Location6102 Cropper Rd. (Kentucky Route 43), Shelby County, Kentucky, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Cropper, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°17′16″N85°07′38″W / 38.28778°N 85.12722°W / 38.28778; -85.12722 Coordinates: 38°17′16″N85°07′38″W / 38.28778°N 85.12722°W / 38.28778; -85.12722
Area1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Builtc.1880
MPS Shelby County MRA
NRHP reference No. 88002858 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 27, 1988

The Bird Octagonal Mule Barn, in Shelby County near Cropper, Kentucky, was built in about 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

It once housed 40 mules. They were fed from a bin in the center. [2]

It was deemed "a unique example of one type of specialized stock barns associated with agricultural diversification in the late 19th c. It is the only recorded octagonal barn and one of few mule barns to be identified in the county." [2]

The Bird's Nest (Shelby County, Kentucky), across Cropper Road, is also listed on the National Register. It was a large Greek Revival style house of Philomen Bird, Henry Bird's father. [3] Philomen gave 100 acres (40 ha) to each of his children. [2]

Its listing followed a 1986-87 study of the historic resources of Shelby County. [4]

The barn is on private property with "No trespassing" signage.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 C. Worsham (April 1986). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Bird Octagonal Mule Barn / Birdland Farm". National Park Service . Retrieved November 26, 2017. With five photos from 1986.
  3. C. Worsham (March 1986). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Bird's Nest". NARA . Retrieved August 20, 2022. Includes four photos.
  4. Gibson Worsham; Charlotte Worsham; Christine Amos (January 1987). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Historic Resources of Shelby County outside Shelbyville. NARA . Retrieved August 20, 2022. (417 pages. Downloading may be slow.)