Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn

Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn

Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn, September 2013
Location 0209 County Road 16, northwest of Corunna, Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana
Coordinates 41°28′3″N 85°11′2″W / 41.46750°N 85.18389°W / 41.46750; -85.18389Coordinates: 41°28′3″N 85°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 # 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. The house was built in 1910, and 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

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

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 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Jerry McMahan (November 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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