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| ID Number |
13000941 |
| Historic Name |
JAMES H BOUNDS BARN |
| Description of Significance |
THE JAMES H. BOUNDS BARN (BUILT CA. 1890) IS SIGNIFICANT AT THE STATE LEVEL UNDER CRITERIA C FOR ITS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE. THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE BEGINS IN 1895, WHEN IT WAS MOVED TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION, AND ENDS IN 1950, WHEN AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION MADE IT OBSOLETE. THE CRITERIA CONSIDERATION THAT IT HAS BEEN MOVED DOES NOT AFFECT THE PERIOD OF IGNIFICANCE, AS IT WAS MOVED IN 1895 BEFORE IT BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH ITS SITE AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE Y-BAR RANCH. THEPROPERTY IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FOUR-CRIB LOG BARN THAT REMAINS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THIS IS THE ONLY KNOWN EXAMPLE OF THIS ARCHAIC BARN TYPE IN OKLAHOMA AND ONE OF ONLY A FEW WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. FOUR-CRIB LOG BARNS ARE MOST COMMONLY FOUND IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EAST TENNESSEE. THEY ARE CONSIDERED THE PRECURSOR OF THE TRANSVERSE-CRIB BARN, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AROUND 1815 IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A SUPERIOR DESIGN, THE TRANSVERSE-CRIB BARN QUICKLY REPLACED THE FOUR-CRIB PLAN TO BECOME THE UBIQUITOUS FOLK BARN TYPE OF THE UPLAND SOUTH. |
| Current Name |
SAME |
| Address |
NORTHWEST CORNER WILLIAMS ROAD AND OK70 |
| City |
KINGSTON VICINITY |
| County |
MARSHALL |
| Lot |
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| Block |
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| Current Section |
22 |
| Township |
6S |
| Range |
5E |
| Type |
BUILDING |
| Historic Function |
AGRICULTURE |
| Current Function |
AGRICULTURE |
| Area Significance 1 |
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| Area Significance 2 |
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| Date Prepared |
2013 |
| Year Built |
1895-1945 |
| Original Site |
NO |
| Architect/Builder |
UNKNOWN |
| Architectural Style |
OTHER: FOUR CRIB BARN |
| Roof Material |
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| Wall Material |
LOG |
| Window Material |
N/A |
| Door Material |
N/A |
| Decorative Details |
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| Condition |
GOOD |
| Comments |
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| Restricted |
N |
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