Midway Stock Farm Barn

Midway Stock Farm Barn was a historic building located north of Keosauqua, Iowa, United States. The barn was built by William A. Barker around 1880. It gained historical significance when his son Webb installed equipment made by the Louden Machinery Company of Fairfield, Iowa.[2] By doing so he converted the facility from one that raised livestock to a dairy operation. Around 1918 Barker built an addition onto the south side of the barn and installed a litter carrier with tracks and switches on the ground floor, a hay carrier with a steel track and grapple hook hay fork also on the main floor, and a metal aerator on the roof. It was one of a few local operations that still had the Louden equipment in place.[2]

Midway Stock Farm Barn
Location0.3 miles south of the junction of Iowa Highways 1 and 16
Nearest cityKeosauqua, Iowa
Coordinates40°48′09″N 91°55′50″W
AreaLess than one acre
Builtc. 1880
MPSLouden Machinery Company, Fairfield Iowa MPS
NRHP reference No.99000126[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 22, 1999
Removed from NRHPJanuary 31, 2019

The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1] On July 19, 2018 it was destroyed by a tornado, and the following year it was removed from the National Register.[3][4]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. William C. Page; Joanne R. Walroth. "Midway Stock Farm Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-10. with photo
  3. "57. Midway Stock Farm Barn". Jefferson County, Iowa. Retrieved 2019-03-01.
  4. "National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List". National Park Service. March 1, 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-01.


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