Octagon Barn
by D Hackett
Title
Octagon Barn
Artist
D Hackett
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Photograph - Digital
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Octagon Barn by D Hackett
Octagonal found will driving in rural Florida.
The "Octagonal Era" of round barn design stretched from about 1850 until 1900. Round barns, such as Washington's, were often multi sided in their earliest incarnations. Multi-sided round barns came in a variety of polygonal shapes, including layouts of six, eight, nine, ten, twelve, fourteen and sixteen sides. Polygonal barns constructed before the advent of balloon framing tended to have interior spaces that were more rectangular than circular.
A round/octagonal barn is a historic barn design that could be octagonal, polygonal, or circular in plan. Though round barns were not as popular as some other barn designs, their unique shape makes them noticeable. The years from 1880�1920 represent the height of round barn construction. Round barn construction in the United States can be divided into two overlapping eras. The first, the octagonal era, spanned from 1850�1900. The second, the true circular era, spanned from 1889�1936. The overlap meant that round barns of both types, polygonal and circular, were built during the latter part of the nineteenth century
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