Midway Stock Farm Barn
Midway Stock Farm Barn | |
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| Location | 0.3 miles south of the junction of Iowa Highways 1 and 16 |
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| Nearest city | Keosauqua, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 40°48′09″N 91°55′50″W / 40.80250°N 91.93056°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1880 |
| MPS | Louden Machinery Company, Fairfield Iowa MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000126[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 22, 1999 |
Midway Stock Farm Barn is a historic building located north of Keosauqua, Iowa, United States. The barn was built by William A. Barker around 1880. It gained historical significance when his son Webb installed equipment made by the Louden Machinery Company of Fairfield, Iowa.[2] By doing so he converted the facility from one that raised livestock to a dairy operation. Around 1918 Barker built an addition onto the south side of the barn and installed a litter carrier with tracks and switches on the ground floor, a hay carrier with a steel track and grapple hook hay fork also on the main floor, and a metal aerator on the roof. It is one of few local operations that still has the Louden equipment.[2] The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b William C. Page, Joanne R. Walroth. "Midway Stock Farm Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
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