0209 Co. Rd. 16, Corunna, Indiana. County/parish: De Kalb.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 02, 1993. NRIS 93000183.
Part of Round and Polygonal Barns of Indiana MPS (NRIS 64500218).
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn, also known as the Alfred Barn, is a historic 14-sided barn located in Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana. Built in 1910, the structure is a two-story, wood-frame structure measuring 60 feet in width. It is topped by a two-pitch gambrel type roof with a 14-sided cupola. It is one of three 14-sided barns left in Indiana.
Original owners Maria and Franklin Wiltrout likely purchased the barn as a constructible kit from a mail-order catalog. The Chicago House Wrecking Company sold a kit ("Barn Design No. 206", designed by Frank Reynolds, advertised in contemporary Indiana farming magazines) that mirrors the design of the Wiltrout Barn closely.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132001767