Midway Stock Farm Barn

Midway Stock Farm Barn
Location 0.3 miles south of the junction of Iowa Highways 1 and 16
Nearest city Keosauqua, Iowa
Coordinates 40°48′09″N 91°55′50″W / 40.80250°N 91.93056°W / 40.80250; -91.93056Coordinates: 40°48′09″N 91°55′50″W / 40.80250°N 91.93056°W / 40.80250; -91.93056
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1880
MPS Louden Machinery Company, Fairfield Iowa MPS
NRHP Reference # 99000126[1]
Added to NRHP February 22, 1999

Midway Stock Farm Barn is a historic building located north of Keosauqua, Iowa, United States. The barn was built by William A. Barker around 1880. It gained historical significance when his son Webb installed equipment made by the Louden Machinery Company of Fairfield, Iowa.[2] By doing so he converted the facility from one that raised livestock to a dairy operation. Around 1918 Barker built an addition onto the south side of the barn and installed a litter carrier with tracks and switches on the ground floor, a hay carrier with a steel track and grapple hook hay fork also on the main floor, and a metal aerator on the roof. It is one of few local operations that still has the Louden equipment.[2] The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 William C. Page, Joanne R. Walroth. "Midway Stock Farm Barn" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-10.


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