{"nrhp_refnum":"84002386","name":"Gamel Hexadecagon Barn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Shirley Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"North Collins","county":"Erie County","state":"NY","lat":42.57750775000005,"lon":-78.92734138899993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A sixteen-sided dairy barn about 80 feet across, built around 1900 on the north side of Shirley Road, roughly 0.6 miles east of Route 62, near North Collins, Erie County, New York.","why_significant":"It is an exceptionally well-preserved central plan barn with a center silo built on a flat site without an entrance ramp. Hay and silage were brought in by hay forks and tracks through a hoistway and loft doors, much like some midwestern barns. Its triple-tiered roofline and board and batten walls make the barn appear round.","narrative":"Near North Collins in Erie County, New York, a sixteen-sided dairy barn about 80 feet in diameter sits on a rise east of the Lake Erie plain. Built around 1900, it has two-story board and batten walls under an unusual triple-hipped gambrel roof. Small square windows ring the ground floor, a large double door admits cattle on the southeast, and a dormer with a projecting hoistway rises on the south side. Inside, light framing surrounds a round central silo, cattle are stanchioned in concentric rings, and curved and straight hay fork tracks hang from the roof. Unlike related barns built on slopes with ramps for wagons, this one stands on flat ground and relied on hay forks and tracks to lift hay and silage inside. That approach resembles several midwestern barns. The barn retains excellent integrity and still works as a dairy barn. The nominated area covers only the barn and ten feet around its walls.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Central plan dairy barn (sixteen-sided, hexadecagon) with triple-hipped gambrel roof","criteria":[],"status_note":"Continues to function as a working dairy barn; condition rated good, with no alterations observed and no known threats.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.397877-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002386.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002386/e5ee92176f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002386/e5ee92176f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gamel_Hexadecagon_Barn_Aug_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gamel_Hexadecagon_Barn_Aug_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312453","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamel_Hexadecagon_Barn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5519999"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/erie-county/gamel-hexadecagon-barn-84002386/"}