Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn
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Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn | |
 Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn, September 2013 | |
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| Location | 0209 County Road 16, northwest of Corunna, Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°28′3″N 85°11′2″W / 41.46750°N 85.18389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1910 |
| Built by | Reynolds, Frank |
| Architectural style | Fourteen-sided barn |
| MPS | Round and Polygonal Barns of Indiana MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000183[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 2, 1993 |
Maria and Franklin Wiltrout Polygonal Barn, also known as the Alfred Barn, is a historic 14-sided barn located in Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana. Built in 1910, the structure is a two-story, wood-frame structure measuring 60 feet in width. It is topped by a two-pitch gambrel type roof with a 14-sided cupola. It is one of three 14-sided barns left in Indiana.[2]: 2
Original owners Maria and Franklin Wiltrout likely purchased the barn as a constructible kit from a mail-order catalog. The Chicago House Wrecking Company sold a kit ("Barn Design No. 206", designed by Frank Reynolds, advertised in contemporary Indiana farming magazines) that mirrors the design of the Wiltrout Barn closely.[2]: 12–13
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
