The McCoy Polygonal Barn is a historic building located near Hepburn in rural

Page County, Iowa Page County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,211. The county seat is Clarinda. The county is named in honor of Captain John Page of the 4th U.S. Infantry, who was mortally wounded in t ...

, United States. It was built in 1914 as a hog sale barn. with The hexagon shaped building features white horizontal siding, a large

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with 12 windows, and an aerator. It is only one of five barns known to have been built on a farm in

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with a large monitor. Because of this building's original use as a sale barn it was needed to provide the required amount of light. The barn has been listed on the

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since 1986.

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Infrastructure completed in 1914 National Register of Historic Places in Page County, Iowa Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Polygonal barns in the United States {{Iowa-struct-stub