Robert Orr Polygonal Barn

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Robert Orr Polygonal Barn

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Robert Orr Polygonal Barn, June 2013
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Nearest city State Road 13 south of North Webster, ½ mile north of its junction with Road 150 N, Plain Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Coordinates 41°15′43″N85°42′12″W / 41.26194°N 85.70333°W / 41.26194; -85.70333 Coordinates: 41°15′43″N85°42′12″W / 41.26194°N 85.70333°W / 41.26194; -85.70333
Area less than one acre
Built 1911 (1911)
Built by Makemson, Homer; Et al.
Architectural style Twelve-sided barn
MPS Round and Polygonal Barns of Indiana MPS
NRHP reference # 93000190 [1]
Added to NRHP April 2, 1993

Robert Orr Polygonal Barn, also known as the Oxenrider Barn, is a historic twelve-sided barn located in Plain Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana. It was built between 1909 and 1911, and is a two-story, twelve-sided frame barn. It is topped by a three-pitch gambrel roof and a twelve-sided cupola. [2] :5

Plain Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana Township in Indiana, United States

Plain Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,698 and it contained 3,679 housing units.

Kosciusko County, Indiana county in Indiana, United States

Kosciusko County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Census 2010 recorded the population at 77,358. The county seat is Warsaw.

In architecture, a cupola is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01.Note: This includes Jerry McMahan (November 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Robert Orr Polygonal Barn" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.