O. C. Barber Machine Barn | |
Location: | Barberton, Ohio |
Coordinates: | 41.0061°N -81.5783°W |
Built: | 1911 |
Architect: | O.C. Barber, Michael Alexander |
Added: | October 9, 1974 |
Refnum: | 74001627 |
The O. C. Barber Machine Barn, also called the Implement House. built in 1911, is an historic farm building located on Austin Drive on the Anna-Dean Farm in Barberton, Ohio. It was built by American businessman and industrialist Ohio Columbus Barber, the developer of both Barberton, which he envisioned as a planned industrial community, and the nearby 3,500-acre (14 km2) Anna-Dean Farm, which he envisioned as a prototype for modern agricultural enterprise. Barber was called America's Match King because of his controlling interest in the Diamond Match Company.[1]
The Machine Barn was the service and storage place for all tractors and other equipment on the Anna-Dean Farm. It also housed the blacksmith shop.[2]
On October 9, 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.