National Register Record for SCHULTZ-NEAL STONE BARN

Historic Name: SCHULTZ-NEAL STONE BARN
Current Name: SAME
Address: 250 YARDS EAST OF U.S. 177/OK-15, 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED ROCK
City: RED ROCK VICINITY            County: NOBLE
Section: 35           Township: 23N           Range: 2E          
Description of significance: THE SCHULTZ-NEAL STONE BARN IS ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNDER CRITERION C AT THE LOCAL LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR ARCHITECTURE. THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE EXTENDS FROM 1941, THE YEAR CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED, TO 1954, WHEN REPAIRS FOLLOWING A 1951 FIRE ARE DOCUMENTED TO HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE BARN WAS BUILT ON BEHALF OF RICHARD SCHULTZ, PRESIDENT OF RED ROCK STATE BANK, WHO WAS AMONG THE WEALTHIEST INDIVIDUALS IN NOBLE COUNTY. SCHULTZ RECRUITED AS MANY AS THIRTY WORKERS TO BUILD THE STRUCTURE. MANY OF THESE WORKERS WERE GERMAN AMERICANS, AND SOME HAD WORKED PREVIOUSLY ON THE E. W. MARLAND MANSION (NRIS #73001561) IN PONCA CITY. IN 1947, JOHN BYRON “COWBOY” NEAL LEASED THE RANCHLAND THAT INCLUDED THE BARN AND CONTINUED TO USE THE PROPERTY UNTIL THE EARLY 1990S, UTILIZING THE BARN PRIMARILY FOR HAY STORAGE. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, THE SCHULTZ-NEAL STONE BARN IS “THE LARGEST FREE-STANDING ROCK BARN” IN OKLAHOMA AND IT IS A PROMINENT LOCAL LANDMARK IN NOBLE COUNTY. LISTED 12/7/2020.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: AGRICULTURE/SUBSISTENCE: AGRICULTURAL OUTBUILDING
Current Function: VACANT/NOT IN USE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: BARN
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1941-1954            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: None
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: AUGUST 2020