Meekins Barn

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Meekins Barn
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LocationOff South Carolina Highway 9, near Floydale, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°22′25″N79°16′2″W / 34.37361°N 79.26722°W / 34.37361; -79.26722
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
MPS Flue-Cured Tobacco Production Properties TR
NRHP reference No. 84003815 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 3, 1984

Meekins Barn is a historic tobacco barn located near Floydale, Dillon County, South Carolina, United States. It was built before 1935, and is an example of a log tobacco barn. It is a large, five -"room" log barn with a metal-covered gable roof. The building has an arched firebox on the left elevation, a brick foundation reinforced by concrete, and weatherboard has been added between the logs. The gable ends are also weatherboarded. [2] [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Meekins Barn" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  3. "Meekins Barn, Dillon County (off S.C. Hwy. 9, Floydale vicinity)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 24 June 2012.