Harry Keith Barn

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Harry Keith Barn
Keith barn (Graham Co, KS) from NNW 1.JPG
Barn in 2014
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Location200th Ave. & M Rd., Penokee, Kansas
Coordinates 39°18′18″N99°58′04″W / 39.3049°N 99.9678°W / 39.3049; -99.9678 Coordinates: 39°18′18″N99°58′04″W / 39.3049°N 99.9678°W / 39.3049; -99.9678
Arealess than one acre
Built1940
Built byHarry Keith; et al.
Architectural styleGambrel-Roof Bank Barn
MPS Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas MPS
NRHP reference No. 13000149 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 9, 2013

The Harry Keith Barn near Penokee, Kansas was built in 1940. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [2]

It was built in October 1940 by Harry Keith (1893-1961), with his brothers and neighbors. [3]

It is built into a hillside with entrances on two levels, thus is a bank barn. [4] [5] It has a gambrel roof with a hay hood at each end. [3]

An adjacent 30 feet (9.1 m) tall Aeromotor wind pump was installed at the same time. This was probably the Aermotor 702 model which was available from 1933 on, is a contributing structure in the listing. This fills a 4,000 US gallons (15,000 L) water tank. [3]

It's located on M Road east of 200th Avenue in Graham County, Kansas, [1] about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of the unincorporated community of Penokee.

Today, the Kansas Barn Alliance offers tours of the barn during their annual BarnFest celebration. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System  (#13000149)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Kansas Historical Society votes to add 14 properties to national register". The Topeka Capital-Journal . 11 February 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Diana Nickelson; Sarah Martin (2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Harry Keith Barn / KHRI # 065-199". National Park Service . Retrieved February 26, 2022. With accompanying 11 photos from 2012
  4. "Kansas Historical Society: Harry Keith Barn" . Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  5. NRIS terms it a gambrel-roof bank barn.
  6. "Kansas Barn Alliance will host BarnFest in Damar, Kansas, Sept. 21-22". High Plains Journal . Retrieved 13 April 2022.