{"nrhp_refnum":"73001538","name":"Barber, O. C., Barn No. 1","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"115 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Barberton","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.007308443000056,"lon":-81.59345944299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A tri-towered cattle barn at 115 Third Street, Barberton, Summit County, Ohio, completed in 1909 as the first silo barn of O.C. Barber's Anna Dean Farm. It measures 285' x 125' and is built of concrete block and red brick reinforced with steel.","why_significant":"The barn is tied to Ohio Columbus Barber, the match manufacturer who founded Barberton and built the Anna Dean Farm as a showplace estate. It was the first structure built on the farm and one of the few Barber buildings left. The nomination also cites its architecture, a mix of French Colonial features and Mrs. Barber's own ideas, and a later federal letter calls barns of this scale rare in the United States.","narrative":"Built in 1909, this cattle barn at 115 Third Street in Barberton was the first structure on the Anna Dean Farm, the 3,000-acre estate of match manufacturer O.C. Barber. The building measures 285 by 125 feet and is made of concrete block and red brick reinforced with steel. Three silo towers with conical red tile roofs rise above it: two 40-foot towers on the west side, with a two-story workers' living area between them, and a taller 60-foot arcaded tower on the east. A red tile gable roof, dormers and four cupolas top the main block, and the interior is one large room with a high hardwood-beamed loft. Barber founded Barberton after a tax dispute with Akron. After his death in 1920 the farm was divided, other barns burned, and the mansion was razed in 1965. The barn was listed to draw attention to one of the few surviving Barber buildings and to encourage a new use, since the owners had considered demolition.","period_of_significance":"1909","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Combination of French Colonial characteristics and Mrs. Barber's own ideas","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered. The barn is rented as storage and used as a warehouse and district offices. Lightning has dislodged roof tiles and some arches in the east silo are crumbling. The owners had considered razing it for a senior citizens high-rise.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:08.921321-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001538.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001538/545440e7a9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001538/545440e7a9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Tom Bower from Canal Fulton, Ohio, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O._C._Barber_Barn_No._1_(3540732650).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Bower from Canal Fulton, Ohio, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:O._C._Barber_Barn_No._1_(3540732650).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"77001086","name":"Anna-Dean Farm","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/anna-dean-farm-77001086/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991481","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._C._Barber_Barn_No._1","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7072093"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/barber-o-c-barn-no-1-73001538/"}