{"nrhp_refnum":"84002967","name":"Parker 13-Sided Barn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 10","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jefferson","county":"Schoharie County","state":"NY","lat":42.48103471300004,"lon":-74.60442864799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, 13-sided dairy barn about 60 feet in diameter, built in 1896 on the south side of Route 10 at the eastern edge of the hamlet of Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York. A rectangular barn is attached to it by a hyphen.","why_significant":"It is one of only two known New York examples of a transitional central plan barn with a broad central hay mow, a concentric manger and a circular wagon drive. It closely resembles the 1883 McArthur-Martin hexadecagon barn in Kortright, about 15 miles south, which probably influenced it. Its light, nailed wood framing shows growing acceptance of balloon framing in barn building in the 1880s and 1890s.","narrative":"Built in 1896 on the eastern edge of Jefferson, in Schoharie County, this 13-sided barn is about 60 feet across and two stories tall. It has a clapboard exterior, square windows on both levels of each side, a double-hipped roof and a 13-sided cupola topped with early glass-ball lightning rods. Originally a dairy barn, it had a central hay mow ringed by stanchions on the ground floor and a circular wagon drive above. A rectangular barn from the late nineteenth century is joined to it by a later hyphen. The barn is notable as one of only two known New York examples of a transitional central plan type with a broad central mow, concentric manger and circular wagon drive. It resembles the 1883 McArthur-Martin barn in Kortright, about 15 miles south. Its light, nailed framing reflects the spread of balloon framing. Alterations, including removal of the entrance ramp and bridge in 1950, have caused little loss of original fabric.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Central plan dairy barn (13-sided, transitional type)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used for storage on an operating veal farm; in good condition and well maintained. Original dairy use has ended.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.37016-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002967.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002967/01678f29a2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002967/01678f29a2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jan3d","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jefferson_13_Sided_Landmark.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan3d</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jefferson_13_Sided_Landmark.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100011783","name":"Jefferson Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/jefferson-historic-district-100011783/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314624","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_13-Sided_Barn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7138270"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/schoharie-county/parker-13-sided-barn-84002967/"}