National Register Listing

Sunnyside Farm Barn

a.k.a. Sunny Farm Barn;32 MO 147

Approximately 1.7 mi. W of Mandan, 0.5 mi. S of W. Main St. on S side of Dead Heart Slough, Mandan, ND
Local significance of the building:
Politics/government; Agriculture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
About National Register Listings

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

North Dakota was the site of one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history, the Schoolhouse Blizzard of 1888. The storm struck without warning and claimed the lives of more than 200 people, many of whom were schoolchildren caught in the blizzard on their way home from school.