National Register Record for SHINN FAMILY BARN

Historic Name: SHINN FAMILY BARN
Current Name: None
Address: FIVE MILES EAST AND TWO MILES SOUTH OF OKEENE
City: OKEENE VIC.            County: BLAINE
Section: 35           Township: 19N           Range: 10W          
Description of significance: A TRANSVERSE FRAME BARN WITH BOARD-AND-BATTEN SIDING, THE SHINN FAMILY BARN WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1910. IT REPRESENTS THE MIXED AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY OF THE HOMESTEAD FARM, BEFORE THE ADVENT OF MONO-CULTURE FARMING BROUGHT ON BY ADVANCING TECHNOLOGIES AND CONSUMER DEMAND MADE THE 160 ACRE, MIXED USE FARM OBSOLETE. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 3/10/83.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: STORAGE
Current Function: AGRICULTURE/ SUBSISTENCE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: EXPLORATION/ SETTLEMENT
Architectural Style: OTHER: TRANSVERSE FRAME BARN
Architect: ELMUS L. SHINN, BUILDER
Year Built: 1910            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: FITE, GILBERT, "THE FARMERS' FRONTIER, 1865-1900", 1966, PP. 208-214; "BLUE SKIES AND PRAIRIE: OKEENE FAMILY HISTORIES", 1978, PP. 203-205; INTERVIEWS: FAYE BAIRD, BERNICE WEITERS, HAZELL OWEN, JULY 3, 1981, CLIFFORD SHINN, JULY 22, 1981.
Date Prepared: 1981