Area less than one acre Built by Other, Octagon Barn Opened 1883 Nearest city Iowa City | Built 1883 Architectural style Other Added to NRHP 5 November 1974 | |
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Architect George Frank Longerbean MPS Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR (AD) Similar Peoples Savings Bank, Carter House, Park Inn Hotel, Appanoose County Courthouse, Lost Island Water Park | ||
The Secrest Octagon Barn is an historic octagonal barn which is located near Downey, Johnson County, Iowa. The barn was constructed in 1883 by George Frank Longerbean, an untrained builder, for Joshua Hunt Secrest, a local farmer. On November 5, 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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