Mule Barn Theatre Explained

Mule Barn Theatre
Coordinates:40.445°N -95.3908°W
Architect:Searcy & McCutcheon
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:October 15, 1970
Delisted:December 19, 1994
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:70000321

Mule Barn Theatre, also known as the David Rankin Mule Barn, was a historic barn located at Tarkio, Atchison County, Missouri. It was built as a barn about 1891 and converted to a theatre by the former Tarkio College in 1966–1968. It was an octagonal plan, three story, red brick building.[1] It was destroyed in a 1989 fire.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and delisted in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mule Barn Theatre. 2016-09-01. M. Patricia Holmes. PDF. July 1970. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
  2. http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/atchison.htm Atchison County National Register Listings