Mule Barn Theatre, also known as the David Rankin Mule Barn, was a historic barn located at Tarkio,

Atchison County, Missouri Atchison County is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 5,305. Its county seat is Rock Port. It was originally known as Allen County when it was detached from Holt C ...

. It was built as a barn about 1891 and converted to a

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

by the former

Tarkio College Tarkio College was a college that operated in Tarkio, Missouri, from 1883 to 1992. The institution was supported by the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, followed by the Presbyterian Church (USA). It was closed after ...

in 1966–1968. It was an octagonal plan, three story, red brick building. It was destroyed in a 1989 fire.Atchison County National Register Listings
/ref> It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1970 and delisted in 1994.

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Octagon barns in the United States Former National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Buildings and structures completed in 1891 Theatres completed in 1968 Buildings and structures in Atchison County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Atchison County, Missouri Barn theatres {{AtchisonCountyMO-NRHP-stub