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O. C. Barber Machine Barn | |
  Location within Ohio  Location within the United States | |
| Location | Barberton, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 41°0′22″N 81°34′42″W / 41.00611°N 81.57833°W |
| Built | 1911 |
| Architect | O.C. Barber, Michael Alexander |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001627 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 9, 1974 |
The O. C. Barber Machine Barn, also called the Implement House. built in 1911, is an historic farm building located on Austin Drive on the Anna-Dean Farm in Barberton, Ohio. It was built by American businessman and industrialist Ohio Columbus Barber, the developer of both Barberton, which he envisioned as a planned industrial community, and the nearby 3,500-acre (14 km2) Anna-Dean Farm, which he envisioned as a prototype for modern agricultural enterprise. Barber was called America's Match King because of his controlling interest in the Diamond Match Company.[2]
The Machine Barn was the service and storage place for all tractors and other equipment on the Anna-Dean Farm. It also housed the blacksmith shop.[3]
On October 9, 1974, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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