Kinney Octagon Barn Explained

Kinney Octagon Barn
Coordinates:43.4725°N -91.8678°W
Area:less than one acre
Built:1880
Builder:L.R. Kinney
Added:November 19, 1986
Refnum:86003191

The Kinney Octagon Barn was a historic agricultural building located just north of Burr Oak, Iowa, United States. Lorenzo Coffin was a stock breeder and the farm editor of the Fort Dodge Messenger. He is thought to have built the first round barn in Iowa in 1867.[1] The modified hip roof and heavy timber construction of this barn, built in 1880, suggests that it was a Coffin-type octagon barn. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1986. It has subsequently been torn down.

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  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=86003191}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Kinney Octagon Barn]. National Park Service. 2016-07-05. James E. Jacobsen. with