National Register Record for KIMMELL BARN

Historic Name: KIMMELL BARN
Current Name: FREESE BARN
Address: NW OF CITY
City: COVINGTON VICINITY            County: GARFIELD
Section: 20           Township: 22N           Range: 3W          
Description of significance: THE KIMMELL BARN IS A THREE LEVEL GERMAN BANK BARN BUILT IN 1906 OF NATIVE SANDSTONE. IT HAS FOUR ARCHED DOORWAYS. THE HAND-CHISELED STONE IS STILL INTACT. MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL LUMBER FOR THE BUILDING CAME FROM THE 1904 WORLD FAIR IN ST. LOUIS. THE BUILDER OF THE BARN, MR. KIMMELL, BOUGHT THE USED LUMBER AND HAD IT SHIPPED TO OKLAHOMA TERRITORY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 1/30/1984.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: AGRICULTURE / SUBSISTENCE: ANIMAL FACILITY: BARN
Current Function: AGRICULTURE / SUBSISTENCE: ANIMAL FACILITY: BARN
Area of Significance 1: AGRICULTURE
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: OTHER: GERMAN BANK BARN
Architect: KIMMELL, SAM: BUILDER
Year Built: 1906            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: VERNON KOUTS, "OLD BARN, NEW AGE", OKLAHOMA RURAL NEWS, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OCTOBER 1981; INTERVIEW WITH ORVAL AND MARY ANN FREESE, DECEMBER 1982.