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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1910/00/00 Frank Reynolds Architect The Wiltrout Polygonal Barn is erected. Maria and Franklin Wiltrout likely bought the barn as a kit from the Chicago House Wrecking Company. Barn Design No 206, designed by Frank Reynolds, matches the Wiltrout Barn closely, with the exception of the silo.
1910/00/00 Montgomery Ward Company Architect Maria and Franklin Wiltrout build a house (not part of the NRHP listing) on their Indiana farm. It is a Montgomery Ward design.
1912/01/06 Chicago House Wrecking Company Manufacturer Round Barn Design No 206 as follows: Our price for the material to build this barn, $995. Size, 60ft in diameter and 16 ft high to plate. Has 14 sides, each side 14 ft A 16 ft.... Will accommodate 100 head of cattle. - CHWC Ad in The Indiana Farmer

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Particulars for Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn:
Area of Significance Agriculture
Historic Use Animal facility
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Building Type Barn
Sight Category Building
Structure Attribute Fourteen-sided
Criteria Historic Event
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 93000183
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Reynolds, Frank
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Fourteen-sided barn
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture, Agriculture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1910
Historic Function: Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Animal facility
Current Function: Agriculture, subsistence
Current Sub-Function: Storage

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