Robinson Barn, 493 Fox Ave, Mechanicsville (Cedar County) – two miles south of Mechanicsville on Highway X40 (Fox Ave is also known as Garfield Ave)
Large 72×46 bank barn is in its original condition. It was built by Jeremiah Baughman, who arrived in Cedar County from Pennsylvania in 1862. James Shrope Jr. bought the 200-acre farm from the Jeremiah Baughman estate in 1904. The barn has been in the family since that time. The barn was put together with mortise and tendon construction and wooden pegs. The quarried stone foundation has eight nine-paned windows built into it. The cupolas have red stars on four sides depicting the Red Star route, a market-to-market route that went from Muscatine to Cedar Rapids (Award of Distinction).
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