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United States historic place


Prather, Charles M., Barn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Barn in 2022
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Location	NW 30th St. and NW 60th Ave., near Kingman, Kansas
Coordinates	37°41′22″N 98°13′42″W / 37.68944°N 98.22833°W / 37.68944; -98.22833
Area	less than one acre
Built	c.1938
Built by	Charles M. Prather
NRHP reference No.	02001263
Added to NRHP	October 31, 2002

The Charles M. Prather Barn, near Kingman, Kansas, was built in about 1938 by Charles M. Prather and local carpenters. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

It is 52 by 60.5 feet (15.8 m × 18.4 m) in plan. It was built during the Depression out of materials salvaged from railroad refrigerator cars and from other railroad structures. Its interior walls and exterior siding was flooring of railroad cars. Railroad bridge timbers support the loft floor. Metal siding is from roofs of railroad cars.

It was deemed notable as "an excellent example of vernacular design, planned and built by its original owner and local workers. The barn's materials are unique in their ingenuity, salvaged from railroad yards in Wichita and assembled in the present location to create a one-of-a-kind structure that remains in near-original condition."

While many barns, especially for dairy cows, have repeated small windows, few have windows with heavy, metal, covers that can be locked.

Individual window pulled slightly open
Row of windows
Hay hood from below
It stands alone.

The barn has a prominent hay hood.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Susan Jezak Ford (April 6, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Charles M. Prather Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved November 30, 2017. With five photos.

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