The Polygonal Barn, Van Buren Township was a historic building located in Van Buren Township in rural

Jackson County, Iowa Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,485. The county seat is Maquoketa. History The county was formed on December 21, 1837, and named after US President Andrew Jackson. In ...

, United States. It was built in 1920 by Gus Klenney as a sale barn. They house livestock that are shown and sold to buyers. It is not known what livestock were sold here. with The building was

octagon 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, whi ...

al in shape and measured in diameter. 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 v ...

in 1986. The structure has subsequently been torn down.

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Infrastructure completed in 1920 Buildings and structures in Jackson County, Iowa Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Polygonal barns in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Iowa 1920 establishments in Iowa {{Iowa-struct-stub