The Wientjes Barn and Ranch Yard are a historic farm property in rural Campbell County, South Dakota. It consists of a barn and ranch yard located amid other farm buildings near the junction of 299th Avenue and 117th Street, west-southwest of Mound City. The barn, built in 1909, is a large wood-frame structure with a gambrel roof and integral shed extensions on the long sides, bringing the structure to a shape that is 64 feet (20 m) square. The yard is divided into several sections, with corrals south and west of the barn, with a calf shed measuring 50 by 25 feet (15.2 m × 7.6 m) where the two corrals meet. The barn was built by Claus Wientjes, a Dutch immigrant, and is a high quality example of the increasingly rare rural South Dakota barn.[2]
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| Location | 11703 299th Ave., Mound City, South Dakota vicinity |
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| Coordinates | 45°41′48″N 100°12′50″W / 45.69667°N 100.21389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1909 |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000572[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 30, 2013 |
The ranch yard and barn were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Wientjes Barn and Ranch Yard" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 15, 2014.