Mule Barn Theatre, also known as the David Rankin Mule Barn, was a historic barn located at Tarkio, Atchison County, Missouri. It was built as a barn about 1891 and converted to a theatre by the former Tarkio College in 1966–1968. It was an octagonal plan, three story, red brick building.[2]: 2  It was destroyed in a 1989 fire.[3]

Mule Barn Theatre
Mule Barn Theatre is located in Missouri
Mule Barn Theatre
Mule Barn Theatre is located in the United States
Mule Barn Theatre
Location10th and Park Sts., Tarkio, Missouri
Coordinates40°26′42″N 95°23′27″W / 40.44500°N 95.39083°W / 40.44500; -95.39083
Arealess than one acre
Built1891 (1891)
ArchitectSearcy & McCutcheon
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.70000321[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 15, 1970
Removed from NRHPDecember 19, 1994

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and delisted in 1994.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ M. Patricia Holmes (July 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mule Barn Theatre" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Atchison County National Register Listings