Ben Colter Polygonal Barn, also known as the Reinhart Barn, is a historic

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located at St. Marys Township,

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. It was built about 1907, and is a six-sided, two-story, frame barn with a cone roof and

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. Attached to the barn is a drive-through shed. ''Note:'' This includes It was listed on the

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in 1993.

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Round barns in Indiana Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Buildings and structures completed in 1907 Buildings and structures in Adams County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Indiana 1907 establishments in Indiana {{AdamsCountyIN-NRHP-stub