Cyrus, Henry and Mary, Barn (Lebanon, Oregon)

Title
Cyrus, Henry and Mary, Barn (Lebanon, Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative
Schuler, Sam, Barn (Lebanon, Oregon)
Creator
unknown
Description
National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2015) The 1884 Henry and Mary Cyrus Barn is an increasingly rare example of a late-nineteenth century timber-frame barn in Linn County. The Cyrus family benefited the arrival and expansion of the railroad in the 1870s and 1880s, which created a local economic boom as farmers exported ever more wheat to national markets and imported needed equipment and building materials. For its time, the Cyrus Barn incorporated all the most modern features, including a mechanical hayfork, expansive hayloft, and steel-track roller doors. The barn was constructed using traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery (wood pegs) for the wood frame, while still incorporating newly available materials, including circular-sawn boards from local mills, machine-cut nails, and metal hardware. Notably, the interior, including the original grain bins and wood milking stanchions, remains largely intact. In the 1930s Swiss immigrant Franz (Frank) Schuler and his wife Eliza added two wood stave silos to the barn to store winter silage for dairy cattle. The silos are thought to be one of the last remaining examples of this type remaining in the County. (Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office)
View
Upward view into silo chute and ladder, between barn wall and west silo, facing north
Temporal
1880-1889
Work Type
architecture (object genre) built works works, agricultural barns
Location
Lebanon >> Linn County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address
37964 Balm Drive, Lebanon, Oregon
Date
1884
View Date
2014
Identifier
OR_LinnCounty_HenryCyrusBarn_0015
Rights
In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder
Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Use Restrictions
This image is provided by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the UO Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image. For other uses, such as commercial publication, please contact the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
Source
Oregon. State Historic Preservation Office
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
Building Oregon
Primary Set
Building Oregon
Institution
University of Oregon
Citation
Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/ Oregon Historic Sites Database, http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/