National Register of Historic Places

McNee Barns

Elmdale, Chase County, Kansas
Listed
June 24, 2013
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
13000431

About this property

The McNee Barns are a pair of barns on a farm site along U.S. Route 50 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Elmdale, Chase County, Kansas. The site includes a horse barn built circa 1920 and a boxcar barn built circa 1948, along with a stone fence and an Aermotor windmill. The latter barn was built with disused boxcars from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; such barns were common in the 1930s and 1940s, as poverty and war-related shortages inspired creative recycling of whatever was at hand. Four homesteaders settled the land in the 1860s, and the land passed through several hands before the Jeffrey family consolidated it into one property in 1896. After two more sales, Janet McNee took ownership of the farm in 1916; the McNee family has owned the property ever since and was responsible for building both barns. The family has rented the land to tenant farmers since they took ownership. The barns were added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 2013.

Location

Elmdale, Chase County, Kansas
38.34066, -96.68047

Categories

AGRICULTUREARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Cartter Building
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When was McNee Barns listed on the National Register?

McNee Barns was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 2013.

What type of historic resource is McNee Barns?

McNee Barns is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for McNee Barns?

The period of significance for McNee Barns is recorded as the industrial era.

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