National Register of Historic Places

Harnsberger Octagonal Barn

Grottoes, Augusta County, Virginia
Listed
July 7, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
82004541

About this property

The Harnsberger Octagonal Barn, also known the Mt. Meridian Octagonal Barn, is located near Grottoes, Virginia, built about 1867 post-American Civil War era than in economically depressed Virginia. The octagonal style was popularized in 1853 by A Home For All, or the Gravel Wall and Octagon Mode of Building by Orson Squire Fowler. "The unusual structure is possibly a unique example of its type in Virginia and reflects the penetration of popular architectural ideals in to the vernacular cultural patterns of rural Augusta County after the American Civil War|Civil of 1861–1865. The Harnsberger barn did not copy Fowler's pattern book designs directly, however. Augusta builders combined these new ideas with more traditional barn building concepts, integrating the new shape with the older bank barn form." It was restored in 1978. The barn was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 8, 1982.

Location

Grottoes, Augusta County, Virginia
38.26227, -78.86455

Categories

ARCHITECTUREAGRICULTURE
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Nearby Battles

Port Republic — Supplemental Cavalry Skirmish (June 8 1862)
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3.7 mi
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When was Harnsberger Octagonal Barn listed on the National Register?

Harnsberger Octagonal Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Harnsberger Octagonal Barn?

Harnsberger Octagonal Barn is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Harnsberger Octagonal Barn is recorded as the industrial era.

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