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Thumb Octagon Barn
The Thumb Octagon Barn is an historic and unique barn located outside Gagetown, Michigan. It was built in 1924 by local businessman James Purdy who hired local builders George and John Munro to construct the barn. Purdy was inspired to build the unique barn when he saw similar barns in Iowa. Purdy sold his farm in 1942. It went through several owners until the last private owner lost it in foreclosure proceedings in 1990. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources bought the property from the bank in 1991 to be incorporated into the adjacent Gagetown State Game Area. The farm buildings including the octagon barn had fallen into disrepair and was in danger of demolition. Local citizens banded together and organized the first Octagon Barn Festival in 1994 to raise funds to repair the barn. The Friends of the Thumb Octagon Barn was formed that year. After the barn, historic farmhouse, garage and electric power plant were restored, other buildings were moved or built on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octagon Barn
An octagon barn is a barn built in an octagonal shape, see . As a proper name, Octagon Barn or Octagonal Barn may refer to: United States * San Luis Obispo Octagon Barn, San Luis Obispo, California * Kinney Octagon Barn, Burr Oak, Iowa, listed on the U.S. NRHP * Secrest Octagon Barn, Downey, Iowa, NRHP * Fobes Octagon Barn, Lanesboro, Iowa, NRHP * Octagon Barn, Otter Township, Milo, Iowa, NRHP * Octagon Barn (Polk Township, Iowa), * Octagon Barn, Richland Township, Iowa, NRHP * Roberts Octagon Barn, Sharon Center, Iowa, NRHP * Grimes Octagon Barn, West Union, Iowa, NRHP * Thumb Octagon Barn, Gagetown, Michigan * Marsh Octagon Barn, NHRP in Wright County, Minnesota * J. F. Roberts Octagonal Barn, Rea, Missouri, NRHP * Octagonal Poultry House, Cold Spring, New Jersey, NRHP * Lattin-Crandall Octagon Barn, Catherine, New York, NRHP * Lunn-Musser Octagon Barn, Garrattsville, New York, NRHP * Mexico Octagon Barn, Mexico, New York, NRHP * Baker Octagon Barn, Richfield Spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gagetown, Michigan
Gagetown is a village in Tuscola County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 388 at the 2010 census. It is located in the northeastern corner of Elmwood Township. Gagetown is northeast of the Saginaw metropolitan area as well as the city of Caro. History Gagetown began around a mill founded by Joseph Gage in 1869. The village was platted in 1871 and incorporated in 1887. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 388 people, 150 households, and 107 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 171 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.7% White, 1.0% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.1% of the population. There were 150 households, of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.7% were married coup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east and southeast, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the northwest, and Minnesota to the north. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its state flag is patterned after the flag of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, people laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt. In the latter half of the 20th century, Iowa's agricultural economy transitioned to a diversified economy of advanced manufacturing, processing, financial services, information technology, biotechnology, and green energy production. Iowa is the 26th most extensive in total area and the 31st most populous of the 50 U.S. states, with a populat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan Department Of Natural Resources
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is the agency of the state of Michigan charged with maintaining natural resources such as state parks, state forests, and recreation areas. It is governed by a director appointed by the Governor and accepted by the Natural Resources Commission. Currently the Director is Daniel Eichinger. The DNR has about 1,400 permanent employees, and over 1,600 seasonal employees. History In 1887, the Michigan legislature created the salaried position of state game warden. The position, which was initially created to oversee market hunting and the supply of essential foodstuffs to local lumber camps, was the direct ancestor of the state's conservation infrastructure. In 1921, the Michigan Legislature created the Department of Conservation and a Conservation Commission to manage the state's natural resources. The first director of the department was John Baird. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources was created in 1965 as a part of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Octagon Barns In The United States
In geometry, an octagon (from the Greek ὀκτάγωνον ''oktágōnon'', "eight angles") is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon. A '' regular octagon'' has Schläfli symbol and can also be constructed as a quasiregular truncated square, t, which alternates two types of edges. A truncated octagon, t is a hexadecagon, . A 3D analog of the octagon can be the rhombicuboctahedron with the triangular faces on it like the replaced edges, if one considers the octagon to be a truncated square. Properties of the general octagon The sum of all the internal angles of any octagon is 1080°. As with all polygons, the external angles total 360°. If squares are constructed all internally or all externally on the sides of an octagon, then the midpoints of the segments connecting the centers of opposite squares form a quadrilateral that is both equidiagonal and orthodiagonal (that is, whose diagonals are equal in length and at right angles to each other).Dao Thanh Oai (2015), "Equilatera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
