Daniel McConn Barn

Daniel McConn Barn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	2095 Highway 61 Fort Madison, Iowa
Coordinates	40°39′10″N 91°16′34″W / 40.65278°N 91.27611°WCoordinates: 40°39′10″N 91°16′34″W / 40.65278°N 91.27611°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1857
Architectural style	Pennsylvania barn
NRHP Reference #	00000531[1]
Added to NRHP	May 26, 2000

The Daniel McConn Barn is a historic agricultural building located in near Fort Madison, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is a bank barn that is built into a south-facing slope. The south exposure of the basement level of the structure allowed protection of livestock in cold weather.^[2] The Pennsylvania-type barn was built around 1857 on a farm owned by Daniel McConn, a native of County Down, Ireland. He made his way to Fort Madison in 1837 where he became a merchant. While he owned the farm, it was worked by a tenant farmer.^[2] The foundation of the structure is of rubble construction and the sides of the upper structure are of vertical board-and-batten siding. It is capped with a low-pitched, gable roof that features three pyramid-shaped hip roofed ventilation cupolas located along the ridge.

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Lean D. Rogers. "Daniel McConn Barn" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-12-18.