James Wimer Octagonal Barn - Lookingglass, OR
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silverquill
N 43° 10.689 W 123° 30.402
10T E 458819 N 4780722
This octagonal barn was built about 1892 in the beautiful Umpqua Valley in the settlemnt of Lookingglass, Oregon, along the old Coos Bay Military Wagon Road that went all the way to the coast. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Waymark Code: WM34WP
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 02/10/2008
Views: 15
The barn measures thirty-one feet on each side, giving an overall dimension of 74 feet. The roof is pitched at 45 degrees and reaches a height of nearly 60 feet at the apex of the cupola There are two pairs of main doors, one on the north and the other facing the Coos Bay Wagon Road to the south. Additional smaller doors are found in the east, north and west walls. Unglazed window openings are in the east, northeast, northwest and southwest walls.
The Wimer Barn is an example of fine craftsmanship in its complex structural system and is an early example of the polygonal barn type in Oregon.
The Wimer Barn stands as an important landmark both in the Lookingglass Valley and along the Coos Bay Wagon Road. The wagon road opened in 1873 and was the first overland route from Roseburg and the Umpqua River Valley to the coast, carrying stages as late as 1914.
James Wimer came to Oregon from Ray, Missouri, where he was born in 1856, settling first in Murphy then Glide where he operated dairy farms before coming to the Lookingglass Valley in 1891.
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