Grimes Octagon Barn


Grimes Octagon Barn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	Off Iowa Highway 56 West Union, Iowa
Coordinates	42°56′10″N 91°45′1″W / 42.93611°N 91.75028°W / 42.93611; -91.75028
Area	less than an acre
Built	1880
Built by	Joe Butler
MPS	Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR
NRHP reference No.	86001428^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 30, 1986

The Grimes Octagon Barn is an historic building located near West Union in rural Fayette County, Iowa, United States. It was built by Joe Butler in 1880 for M.W. Grimes. The building is an octagon that measures 65 feet (20 m) in diameter.^[2] It is one of 14 known 19th-century octagon barns that still exist on an Iowa farm.^[3] The barn features red metal siding, a roof composed of wedge-shaped sections and a hay dormer. The sectional roof marks it as a Stewart type that was named for the New York farmer and agricultural editor Elliott W. Stewart, who designed the prototype in 1874.^[3] The barn has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ Dale Travis. "Iowa Round Barn List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
^ ^a ^b "Grimes Octagon Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-14. with photo

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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