Secrest Octagon Barn

	Secrest Octagon Barn
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	File:Joshua Secrest's octagonal barn near West Branch, Iowa.jpg
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Nearest city	Downey, Iowa
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Area	less than one acre
Built	1883
Built by	George Frank Longerbean
MPS	Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR (AD)
NRHP reference No.	74000790
Added to NRHP	November 5, 1974

The Secrest Octagon Barn is a historic building located near Downey in rural Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It was constructed in 1883 by master builder George Frank Longerbean for Joshua Hunt Secrest as a hay barn-horse stable.^[2] The octagonal barn measures 80 feet (24 m) in diameter.^[3] It features red vertical siding and a sectional bell shaped roof that is supported by hand-laminated beams. The octagon-shaped cupola has the same roof shape as the barn. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.^[1]

According to the builder's great grandson, the builder's name is Longerbeam.

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Joshua Hunt Secrest, an autobiography

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