Category:Marion Ridgeway Polygonal Barn

Marion Ridgeway Polygonal Barn 

polygonal barn in LaPorte, Indiana
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Instance of	round barn
Location	La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana
Located on street	U.S. Route 35
Heritage designation	National Register of Historic Places listed place (Round and Polygonal Barns of Indiana MPS, A, C, NRHP building, Ridgeway, Marion, Polygonal Barn, 1993–)
41° 35′ 24″ N, 86° 42′ 09″ W
Authority file  Q22059157 NRHP reference number: 93000464 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries PetScan statistics WikiMap Locator tool KML file WikiShootMe OpenStreetMap Search depicted

The Door Prairie Barn was built in 1882 for Marion J. Ridgway. He was a horse and cattle breeder whose grandfather, James Ridgway purchased 3,200 acres (1,300 hectares) in this area in 1831. The barn and farm are called Door Prairie, the name given to the rich layer of black loam (earth) in this area.

The barn, which has nine sides was built by John Jeffrey of LaPorte. The beams were cut in a sawmill and some have numbers stamped on their ends suggesting a type of prefabrication. Only the sills were hand hewn and they rested on nine nests of round fieldstones - one at each corner.

In 2001 the barn was straightened, lifted off the unstable fieldstones and bolted to a new concrete foundation, which incorporates the original stones. This and interior reconstruction was done by Fred Utroske of Union Mills.}}