SHPO Programs Farm & Ranch Historic Barns Survey

Information Sought for Historic Barns in Southwestern Oklahoma

The Oklahoma State University Department of Geography is conducting a survey of historic barns in a 17-county region of southwestern Oklahoma under a cooperative agreement with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Oklahoma Historical Society. The funding is from the SHPO's FY 2009 Historic Preservaton Fund allocation from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.

The survey project seeks to locate, record, and photograph examples of surviving historic barns in each of the 17 counties. An OSU survey team will visit each barn, collect information on the barn's history, and produce a report detailing the history and geographical patterns of barn types, functions, and architectural forms in the study area. Each barn documented by the survey team will receive a permanent record in the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory, housed at the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office.

Counties in the survey area:

  1. Beckham
  2. Blaine
  3. Caddo
  4. Comanche
  5. Cotton
  6. Custer
  7. Dewey
  8. Grady
  9. Greer
  10. Harmon
  11. Jackson
  12. Jefferson
  13. Kiowa
  14. Roger Mills
  15. Stephens
  16. Tillman
  17. Washita
Anyone interested in assisting the survey team locate architecturally significant barns in the 17 counties is urged to contact Dr. Brad Bays by phone or email.

Dr. Brad Bays
Department of Geography
Oklahoma State University
(405) 744-9171
Email: b.bays@okstate.edu