Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn

Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn, September 2013
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Location	0209 County Road 16, northwest of Corunna, Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana
Coordinates	41°28′3″N85°11′2″W / 41.46750°N 85.18389°W / 41.46750; -85.18389
Area	less than one acre
Built	1910 (1910)
Built by	Reynolds, Frank
Architectural style	Fourteen-sided barn
MPS	Round and Polygonal Barns of Indiana MPS
NRHP reference No.	93000183 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 2, 1993

Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn, also known as the Alfred Barn, is a historic 14-sided barn located in Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana. Built in 1910, the structure is a two-story, wood-frame structure measuring 60 feet in width. It is topped by a two-pitch gambrel type roof with a 14-sided cupola. It is one of three 14-sided barns left in Indiana. ^{[2] : 2}

Original owners Maria and Franklin Wiltrout likely purchased the barn as a constructible kit from a mail-order catalog. The Chicago House Wrecking Company sold a kit ("Barn Design No. 206", designed by Frank Reynolds, advertised in contemporary Indiana farming magazines) that mirrors the design of the Wiltrout Barn closely. ^{[2] : 12–13}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2015.Note: This includes Jerry McMahan (November 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2015. and Accompanying photographs.