What are termed round barns include historic barns having true circular designs and also octagonal or other polygonal designs that approximate a circle. In the United States, in a first era of round barn construction, from 1850 to 1900, numerous octagonal barns were built. In a second era, from 1889 to 1936, numerous true circular barns were built. [1] [2]
This list article includes surviving or historic round barns in Canada, the United States, and elsewhere. There were 19 historic round and polygonal barns in Canada identified as surviving in the 1970s, in a list compiled by members of a club and typed up by Katherine Kirkam. [3] According to Matthew Farfan, nine round barns survive in the Eastern Townships of the province of Quebec, all close to the U.S. border. [4] [note 1]
Besides paying attention to Canadian barns, Kirkham also studied American barns; in the 1970s, she identified 444 surviving barns in the United States. [3] Many of them are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [5]
Dale J. Travis has identified and photographed (or collected photos of) round barns and other round or polygonal buildings throughout the United States and Canada. [6] His webpages document the loss of numerous historic round barns.
The periods during which round barns were built varies across U.S. states. Most of Indiana's round barns were built between 1900 and 1920, and their construction peaked in 1910. Iowa's peak years were from 1909 to 1922. All 44 of the historic round barns built in South Dakota were built between 1903 and 1946. North Dakota's peak years were from 1910 to 1916. South Dakota had none built before 1900 because the state had yet to be developed. [7]
As documented here, there are at least 11 surviving octagonal, true round, and other round-type barns in Quebec. A few others survive in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. A list of round or near-round structures in Quebec, including historic round barns, developed by Dale J. Travis has informed this compilation. [8] [note 2] Similar for other provinces at Travis site. Travis also includes less historic structures.
This includes others not in Travis's compilation, such as the Higginson Round Barn, which is an impressive and old one.
Following is incomplete, but is intended to become a complete list, from West to East:
Building | Image | Datesfosg | Location | City, Province | Description |
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Fintry Estate barn | 1925 [9] | Fintry Provincial Park and Protected Area, 7655 Fintry Delta Rd. 50°08′14″N119°30′13″W / 50.1371°N 119.5036°W | Fintry, Okanagan Country, British Columbia | ||
Henderson Round Barn | Built 1898, moved 1972 | Fort Edmonton Park 53°30′01″N113°34′51″W / 53.5004°N 113.5809°W | Edmonton, Alberta | Preserved in a historical park. [4] [10] | |
Sowerby Barn | 1928 [11] | 131 Brownlee Rd (at Round Barn Rd) 46°16′57″N83°25′58″W / 46.28248°N 83.43273°W | Huron Shores, Ontario | One of three 12-sided barns still existing in Canada [11] [12] | |
Cordukes/Weber Barn | 1919 [11] | 1410 Basswood Lakes Road 46°17′54″N83°23′20″W / 46.29841°N 83.38881°W | Algoma, Ontario | 12-sided barn, site of farmers market, has been dismantled, moved and rebuilt adjacent to Sowerby Hall (formerly the Day and Bright Community and Recreation Centre) at 1410 Basswood Lake Road, near Hendry Street. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] | |
Octagon barn south of Osgoode | 5672 Dalmeny Road 45°07′05″N75°35′06″W / 45.11813°N 75.58509°W | Osgoode, Ontario | [16] | ||
Higginson Round Barn | 1893–94 | 2500 Highway 34 45°34′49″N74°37′22″W / 45.580283°N 74.622895°W | Hawkesbury, Ontario | Several sources, hidden. | |
Walbridge Barn | 1882 | Chemin de Mystic 45°09′09″N72°59′18″W / 45.15262°N 72.98823°W | Mystic, Quebec | Oldest surviving polygonal barn in Canada. [17] Also known as Grange Alexander-Solomon-Walbridge, it has a unique roof, became Quebec historic site in 2004 and became a museum in 2011 [4] [18] [19] | |
Round barn at West Brome | Chemin Scott 45°10′22″N72°40′27″W / 45.17290°N 72.67410°W | West Brome, Quebec | [4] [20] | ||
Grange Ronde de Mansonville | Rue Joseph Blanchet 45°03′11″N72°23′37″W / 45.0531°N 72.3937°W | Mansonville, Quebec | True round barn [4] [8] | ||
Round barn at Saint-Benoit-du-Lac | Chemin Fisher 45°09′30″N72°16′13″W / 45.15834°N 72.27020°W | Saint-Benoit-du-Lac, Quebec | A round barn and a round hay tower [4] | ||
Grange ronde Stanley-Holmes | 1907 | Chemin Holmes 45°07′14″N71°58′28″W / 45.120551°N 71.974350°W | Barnston-Ouest | Rbcq: "W. of Barnston. Hwy.141 W. from Barnston to Chemin Caron Rd., S. on Chemin Caron Rd. & SE on Chemin de Way's Mill & the barn would be on the right hand (S.) side of the road. Holmhurst Farm, true round barn, red horizontal siding, 2 pitch conical roof, louvered cupola." [8] This is Stanley-Holmes Round Barn, on Holmhurst Farm. | |
Round barn south of Barnston | 1909 [8] | Chemin de Baldwin Mills Barnston 45°06′03″N71°53′19″W / 45.1008°N 71.8885°W | South of Barnston, Coaticook, Quebec | True round barn with two-pitch conical roof with a cupola, at Ferme Blayrond [4] [8] | |
Round barn at Barnston | 1901 [8] | Chemin Riendeau 45°06′24″N71°52′42″W / 45.106620°N 71.878271°W | Barnston, Coaticook, Quebec | In Barnston. True round barn with two-pitch conical roof, with cupola [8] | |
Grange Ronde | built 1995 | 400 Rue St. Marc., Gorge de Coaticook Park 45°08′41″N71°47′51″W / 45.14477°N 71.79761°W | Coaticook, Quebec | [4] | |
Round barn west of Beaumont | Pre-1850 [8] | Route du Fleuve (Route 132) 46°49′45″N71°02′25″W / 46.829175°N 71.040144°W | Beaumont, Quebec | White barn [8] | |
Adolph Gagnon Museum | 1888 [8] | 48°17′51″N68°51′57″W / 48.297637°N 68.865842°W | Saint-Fabien, Quebec | Museum now in former barn [8] | |
Octagonal barn west of Cap Chatte | Rue Notre Dame Ouest (2.5 miles west of Cap-Chat) 49°05′12″N66°43′55″W / 49.08668°N 66.73190°W | Cap-Chat, Quebec | Octagonal barn west of Cap Chatte [4] | ||
Round barn near Dunham | Dunham, Quebec | ||||
Holmes' Barn | c. 1907 [21] | Ways Mills, Quebec | [4] [22] | ||
Second of two round barns near Ways Mills | Ways Mills, Quebec | [4] | |||
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Barn north of American Canyon | S. Napa Junction Rd 38°10′43″N122°14′53″W / 38.17868°N 122.24803°W | American Canyon, Napa Valley, California | 20-sided, 100 feet (30 m) barn [23] | ||
San Luis Obispo Octagon Barn | built pre-1900, restored 2009 [24] | Octagon Way, off Higuera St. 35°14′13″N120°40′47″W / 35.23687°N 120.67959°W | San Luis Obispo, California | Octagonal barn, 77 feet (23 m) by 80 feet (24 m) [24] | |
Knight Barn | built 1894–96 | 2955(?) Copenhagen Road 40°40′40″N124°15′12″W / 40.677882°N 124.25336°W | Loleta, California | 16-sided barn, shown standing in photos by Mary Louise Lorensen. [25] Shows collapsed in center in Google 2016 satellite imagery. | |
Fountaingrove Round Barn | Fountaingrove Parkway at Round Barn Blvd 38°28′33″N122°43′39″W / 38.475767°N 122.72746°W | Fountaingrove, Santa Rosa, California | 16-sided, [26] destroyed during the Tubbs Fire of 2017. [27] [28] | ||
De Turk Round Barn | built 1891 NRHP 2004 | 819 Donahue St. 38°26′28″N122°43′26″W / 38.44111°N 122.72389°W | Santa Rosa, California | [29] | |
R. L. Johnston Round Barn (also called Beaver Creek Ranch Barn [30] ) | 18-sided barn built in 1916; last remains dismantled 2007; rebuilt 2009 | Fort Crook Ave 41°00′07″N121°26′47″W / 41.001843°N 121.446295°W | Fall River Mills, California | Built "...to break and train wild horses for the U. S. Army." Reconstructed on grounds of Fort Crook Museum. [31] [30] [32] | |
Mount Weske Stables | Octagonal structure built in 1870s or 1880s. | 1520 Mount Weske Drive 38°34′05″N122°47′40″W / 38.567919°N 122.794434°W | Windsor, California | [33] Houses racehorses. | |
Pete French Round Barn | Built c. 1875–1885 | 43°07′57″N118°38′33″W / 43.13250°N 118.64250°W | Burns, Oregon | Cattle rancher Peter French (1849–1897) broke and trained horses there in winter. | |
Lake County Round Sale Barn | 1942 built 2003 NRHP-listed | 3531 S. 6th Street 42°11′43″N120°21′40″W / 42.195342°N 120.361078°W | Lakeview, Oregon | ||
Laughlin Round Barn | built 1883 NRHP 1986 | 46°20′25″N122°55′24″W / 46.34028°N 122.92333°W | Castle Rock, Washington | ||
Ojo Caliente Hot Springs Round Barn | 1924 built 2003 NRHP-listed | 36°18′37″N106°2′48″W / 36.31028°N 106.04667°W | Ojo Caliente, New Mexico | Only round barn in New Mexico and the only adobe round barn in the U.S. [34] | |
DeLaney Barn | built 1902; NRHP 1989 | 200 S. Chambers Rd. 39°42′48″N104°48′27″W / 39.71333°N 104.80750°W | Aurora, Colorado | Only surviving round barn in Colorado. Built in 1902 as a silo. Converted into a dairy barn by 1910. [35] | |
T. A. Leonard Barn | built 1917; NRHP 1986 | S. side of Old Moscow Highway, near Pullman, Washington 46°42′16″N117°07′23″W / 46.704444°N 117.123056°W | Whitman County, Washington | Very tall. Considered endangered before “saved” in 1992. [36] | |
Cornell Farmstead barn | NRHP 1987 | Pleasant Rd. and Old Prosser Rd., in or near Grandview 46°14′35″N119°53′41″W / 46.243056°N 119.894722°W | Yakima County, Washington | ||
See Round Barns in Illinois Thematic Resources for a discussion of current and former round barns in the state.
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Bird Octagonal Mule Barn | built c.1880 NRHP 1988 | Cropper Rd. (Kentucky Route 43), Shelby County, Kentucky, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Cropper, Kentucky 38°17′16″N85°07′38″W / 38.28778°N 85.12722°W | Shelby County, Kentucky | Only recorded octagonal barn and one of few mule barns to be identified in Shelby County." [39] | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Round Barn (Columbus Grove, Ohio) | Built 1910 NRHP 1980 | Columbus Grove, Ohio | |||
Round Barn (Lima, Ohio) | Built 1911 NRHP 1980 | Lima, Ohio | |||
Round Barn (New Hampshire, Ohio) | Built 1877 NRHP 1980 | New Hampshire, Ohio | Largest round barn east of the Mississippi River. Also known as J.H. Manchester Round Barn | ||
Round Barn (Paulding, Ohio) | Built 1911 NRHP 1980 | Paulding, Ohio | |||
Round Barn (Van Wert, Ohio) | Built 1910 NRHP 1980 | Van Wert, Ohio | Also known as Clayton Hoover Round Barn | ||
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Pettigrew Barns | built 1901 NRHP 2004 | 44°02′41″N96°35′26″W / 44.04472°N 96.59056°W | Flandreau, South Dakota | Octagonal barn built before 1903 date which has been cited as earliest round or polygonal barns in South Dakota | |
Freier Round Barn | Draper, South Dakota | ||||
Shafer Round Barn | built 1920 NRHP 1995 | 43°32′31″N96°38′58″W / 43.54194°N 96.64944°W | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | ||
Stark Round Barn | built 1921 NRHP 2001 | 43°48′14″N97°27′4″W / 43.80389°N 97.45111°W | Near Unityville, South Dakota | ||
Corson Emminger Round Barn | built 1909–10 NRHP 1978 | 44°51′41″N97°06′34″W / 44.86128°N 97.10946°W | Watertown, South Dakota | ||
J. Whitney Goff Round Barn | Winfred, South Dakota | ||||
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Dougan Round Barn | built 1911<annbr>NRHP 1979 | 42°30′29″N88°59′20″W / 42.50806°N 88.98889°W | Beloit, Wisconsin | Served a dairy farm of 120 cows. [44] The barn was demolished in 2012. [45] | |
George Apfel Round Barn | built 1914 NRHP 1979 | 43°39′15″N90°41′24″W / 43.65417°N 90.69000°W | Clinton, Wisconsin | Octagonal in shape. | |
Annala Round Barn | built 1921 NRHP 1979 | 46°25′5″N90°9′41″W / 46.41806°N 90.16139°W | Hurley, Wisconsin | ||
Central Wisconsin State Fair Round Barn | built 1916 [46] NRHP 1979 | Jct. of Vine Ave. and E. 17th St. | Marshfield, Wisconsin | The world's largest round barn | |
Dean-Armstrong-Englund Octagonal Barn | built 1893 NRHP-delisted 1984 | Near Milton, Wisconsin | It had a windmill. [44] : 3 | ||
Gempeler Round Barn | built 1912 NRHP 1979 | 42°39′50″N89°19′50″W / 42.66389°N 89.33056°W | Near Orfordville, Wisconsin | 68 foot diameter barn, "significant for its ingenious construction, with its main story supported by an inverse pylon made up of an oak trunk upside down in the center of the basement" [44] : 10 | |
Risum Round Barn | built 1892 NRHP 1979 | 42°35′55″N89°17′35″W / 42.59861°N 89.29306°W | Orfordville, Wisconsin | Built early, in 1890–92, for a Norwegian immigrant; a 60-foot diameter barn. [44] : 6–7 | |
Barn near Mauston | Lindina, Wisconsin | ||||
Numerous round and octagon barns in Kansas, including some already- or since-destroyed ones, are covered in a 1999 Kansas State Historical Society study. [47] Round barns in Kansas and these other states include:
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Cherbourg Round Barn | built 1918 NRHP 1978 | 39°9′4″N75°27′27″W / 39.15111°N 75.45750°W | Little Creek, Delaware | ||
Neff Round Barn | built c.1910 NRHP 1979 | Off of Pennsylvania Route 45, Potter Township 40°49′3″N77°42′6″W / 40.81750°N 77.70167°W | south of Centre Hall, Pennsylvania | ||
Noah Sheely Round Barn | built 1914 | About 8 miles (13 km) west of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. | In use as a fruit market and for events. [51] | ||
Gamel hexadecagon barn [52] 16-sided Gamel barn in North Collins, New York
Schultz 15-sided barn (1918–1929) [52] at Cohecton not listed due to DOE owner objection
"Nine octagonal barns, most built in the 1870s and 1880s, have been noted in New York, and undoubtedly many more have never been recorded. Extant examples in the nominated group include the Baker octagon barn near Richfield Springs (1882), the Lunn-Musser octagon barn in New Lisbon (1885), and the Lattin-Crandall octagon barn in Catharine (1893)." [52]
McArthur-Martin barn in Kortright (1883) 16-sided [52]
Parker 13-sided barn (1896) about 15 miles north of Kortright in Jefterson [52]
"Roof types among the nominated examples include conical (for example the Schultz 15-sided barn at Cochecton, New York (1918), gambrel. (the Young round barn at Greene-1914), and domical (Bates barn at Greene)." [52]
11 of 12 listed, p21 [52]
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | hidden----> |
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Round barn at Hancock Shaker Village | 1826, expanded 1870s | Hancock, Massachusetts | |||
Round barn on NH-10 | 430 NH-10 44°00′36″N72°04′10″W / 44.01000°N 72.06938°W | Piermont, New Hampshire | There is "Round Barn Shoppe" identified on Google maps. | ||
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Ralph Joslin barn [60] | 1910 | E. Warren Rd 44°10′05″N72°48′41″W / 44.16805°N 72.81127°W | Waitsfield, Vermont | 12-sided barn built 1910, restored 1990, at Green Mountain Cultural Center [60] Farm had been in one family seven generations. [61] An "Inn at the Round Barn Farm" is there. | |
Robinson Brothers barn | 1910,16(?) | Robinson Road 43°50′13″N72°26′02″W / 43.837057°N 72.434026°W | Strafford Township, Orange County, Vermont | 10-sided barn [62] | |
Russell Moore barn Shelburne Museum | 1899 | U.S. 5 44°20′34″N72°02′35″W / 44.342831°N 72.042986°W | St. Johnsbury, Vermont | Russell Moore barn, [63] moved 1985–86 partly by helicopter and serves as orientation center of the Shelburne Museum. [64] | |
Butson barn | 1903 | Round Barn Road 44°07′42″N72°02′35″W / 44.12845°N 72.04301°W | Wells River, Vermont | [65] | |
Field barn | 1912 | Satterly Rd 44°11′32″N73°14′31″W / 44.19216°N 73.24187°W | Ferrisburgh, Vermont | [66] | |
Welch barn | 1916 | Elmore Rd. 44°33′14″N72°33′01″W / 44.553764°N 72.550159°W | Morristown, Vermont | 20-sided barn, 75'x40' [67] | |
Southwick or Haberman barn | 1911 | Calais, Vermont | [68] | ||
Round Barn Apartments | 1902 | Faywood Rd. 44°44′36″N73°16′39″W / 44.743458°N 73.277593°W | Grand Isle, Vermont | Round barn converted into apartments. [69] | |
12-sided barn | 2604 E. Hill Rd. 43°18′47″N72°42′02″W / 43.313042°N 72.700543°W | Andover, Vermont | 12-sided barn [70] | ||
West View Farm | 1903 | Hastings Road (Waterbury Highway 34) 44°24′12″N71°59′35″W / 44.403376°N 71.992921°W | Waterford, Vermont | Three-level 80 feet (24 m) diameter barn which was immediately a tourist attraction. | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Museo Colonial Alemán or Frutillar German Colonial Museum | 41°07′55″S73°01′45″W / 41.131834°S 73.029156°W | Frutillar Bajo, Frutillar, Los Lagos, Chile, Chile | |||
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The Langworthy House, also known as the Octagon House, is a historic building located in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. Built in 1856, it was designed by local architect John F. Rague for local politician Edward Langworthy. The two-story brick home features tall windows, a columned entry, and a windowed cupola. Langworthy and three of his brothers were among the first settlers in Dubuque. They were partners in a lead mine, helped to build the territorial road between Dubuque and Iowa City, they farmed, invested in real estate, and they owned a steamboat and a mercantile exchange. The house has been passed down through Langworthy's descendants. It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and it was included as a contributing property in the Langworthy Historic District in 2004.
The William Waterfield House, also known as the Waterfield Octagon House, is a historic building located in Raymond, Iowa, United States. Built in 1867, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 19, 1978. Waterfield was a New Jersey native who settled in Iowa in 1856 as a farmer, eventually operating a hotel in Raymond, possibly in this house. He was a student of phrenology and as a result he built this octagon house. Its 2-foot (0.61 m) thick walls are covered with stucco, which hides its exterior of ashlar limestone. The house is capped with an unusual hipped roof that is formed by extending its east and west roof planes.
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The Secrest Octagon Barn is a historic building located near Downey in rural Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It was constructed in 1883 by master builder George Frank Longerbean for Joshua Hunt Secrest as a hay barn-horse stable. The octagonal barn measures 80 feet (24 m) in diameter. It features red vertical siding and a sectional bell shaped roof that is supported by hand-laminated beams. The octagon-shaped cupola has the same roof shape as the barn. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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The W.J. Buck Polygonal Barn was a historical structure located near Diagonal in rural Ringgold County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1907 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1986. The building measured 65 feet (20 m) around. The structure of the barn was basically a central octagon with a sectioned roof. Double pitch sheds surrounded the barn characterizing it as an encircling wing type. The central section was six-sided and the wing was nine-sided. The plan appears to be the same as the one for the Lloyd Z. Jones stock barn published in Wallaces' Farmer on January 16, 1903, and again on October 25, 1907, and June 17, 1910. It has subsequently been torn down. It was removed from the NRHP in 2022.
The Polygonal Barn, New Oregon Township is an historic building located near Cresco in rural Howard County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1920 as a show barn for English Shorthorn cattle. The 16-sided building measures 70 feet (21 m) in diameter. The polygonal barn of 6 to 16 equal sides is the most common variation of the round barn that was constructed in Iowa. It features a two-pitch sectional roof, a 13 feet (4.0 m) central silo and small dormers near the top of the roof on the north and south sides. The barn was used for dairy cattle from 1958 to 1968, and it was then used for pigs and feeder cattle. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.
The Polygonal Barn, Van Buren Township was a historic building located in Van Buren Township in rural Jackson County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1920 by Gus Klenney as a sale barn. They house livestock that are shown and sold to buyers. It is not known what livestock were sold here. The building was octagonal in shape and measured 50 feet (15 m) in diameter. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The structure has subsequently been torn down.
The Polygonal Barn, Lincoln Township was a historic building located in Lincoln Township in rural Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1880 by George Frank Longerbean. The barn was an 8-sided structure and has subsequently been torn down. It featured a bell shaped roof of curving hand-laminated beams. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The Octagon Barn, Otter Township is a historic building located near Milo in rural Warren County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1900 as a horse and dairy barn. The octagon-shaped building measures 54 feet (16 m) in diameter. The structure features a tall center section with a winged shed around it. It is covered in red horizontal siding and is topped by a sectional conical roof. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.
The Octagon Round Barn, Indian Creek Township is a historic building located near Iowa Center in rural Story County, Iowa, United States. It was built in around 1880 as a dairy barn. The octagon-shaped building measures 50 feet (15 m) in diameter. The modified hip roof, heavy timber framing, rectangular interior plan, and general purpose use marks this as a design influenced by Lorenzo S. Coffin, who built the first round barn in Iowa. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986. The barn has deteriorated significantly and it is essentially a pile of wood now.
August Nus Polygonal Barn is a historic building located east of Arlington, Iowa, United States. Built in 1906, this was one of four flat roofed barns that were known to exist in Iowa, and it was the oldest of the four. The 12-sided structure with horizontal wood siding was built around a central silo that extends above the barn. Eventually, it had a cone shaped roof. The barn is 60-foot (18 m) in diameter, and the silo is 14 feet (4.3 m) in diameter. The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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