Frank Littleton Round Barn
The Frank Littleton Round Barn, also known as the "Littleton-Pulliam Round Barn", is a round barn near Mount Comfort, Indiana, United States. Built in 1903, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The barn's design was used as documentation in a U.S. patent application, "Improvements to the Self-Supported Conical Roof", a patent which was granted in 1905 to Littleton, Isaac McNamee and Horace Duncan. A 1991 study indicates that "many farmers began building multi-sided (6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16-sided) barns to skirt ... infringement" upon the patent.
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Frank Littleton Round Barn
The Frank Littleton Round Barn, also known as the "Littleton-Pulliam Round Barn", is a round barn near Mount Comfort, Indiana, United States. Built in 1903, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The barn's design was used as documentation in a U.S. patent application, "Improvements to the Self-Supported Conical Roof", a patent which was granted in 1905 to Littleton, Isaac McNamee and Horace Duncan. A 1991 study indicates that "many farmers began building multi-sided (6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16-sided) barns to skirt ... infringement" upon the patent.
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The Frank Littleton Round Barn ...... infringement" upon the patent.
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True circular barn
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Benton Steele, et al.
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Distant view of the barn and surrounding farm buildings
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Near the junction of County Roads 600N and 500W, northeast of Mount Comfort
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Littleton Round Barn, 500 West, 600 North Road, McCordsville, Hancock County, IN
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The Frank Littleton Round Barn ...... infringement" upon the patent.
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Frank Littleton Round Barn
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