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John Patrick McNaughton Barn

Historic building
Near Miami, Oklahoma
3.2 mi from Route 66
National Register of Historic Places

Built in 1893, the John Patrick McNaughton Barn is a wooden barn three and a half stories tall, set on a hillside near Miami, OK, about 2.5 miles off the old road. More than 130 years later it still works on the Ankenman Ranch, a cattle operation. Its size and careful layout for draft horses make it a remarkable piece of Oklahoma farm history.

What is John Patrick McNaughton Barn?

The barn covers roughly 9,600 square feet in an 80 by 120 foot rectangle, under a broad Dutch hip roof that sits long and low, with a single gabled dormer facing south. Its limestone foundation came out of the hill beneath it.

On the ground floor, dirt-floored stalls line two aisles: 16 sized for heavy draft horses and 10 for stallions and smaller horses. Each gets its own little window, grain bin and hay trough, fed by a chute from upstairs. This level also holds grain storage, floor scales, three tack rooms and an office.

History of John Patrick McNaughton Barn

The barn went up in 1893 to serve many purposes on the farm. Old photographs show a cupola on the roof that disappeared sometime after 1906. It also goes by McNaughton Barn or as Max Mirage View Farm Barn, and it holds a National Register listing.

Visiting John Patrick McNaughton Barn: tips

The barn stands on a working cattle ranch, so it is private property; do not drive onto the ranch without permission, and look only from a public road. The George L. Coleman Sr. House is about 4.3 miles away, and Douthat about 5 miles.