List of round barns

This is a list of notable round barns. 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 Katherine Kirkam.[3] Nine round barns survive in the Eastern Townships of the province of Quebec, all close to the U.S. border.[4]

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]

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.[6]

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Canada

Building Image Dates Location City, State Description
Round barn at Barnston Barnston, Quebec [4]
Round barn near Dunham Near Dunham, Quebec [4]
New round barn built 1995 Gorge de Coaticook Park, Quebec [4]
Round barn at Mansonville Mansonville, Quebec [4]
12-sided barn at Mystic Mystic, Quebec [4]
Round barn at Saint-Benoit-du-Lac Saint-Benoit-du-Lac, Quebec A round barn and a round hay tower[4]
Two round barns near Ways Mills Ways Mills, Quebec [4]
Round barn at West Brome West Brome, Quebec A round barn and a round hay tower[4]
Henderson Round Barn Built 1898, moved 1972 Fort Edmonton Park Edmonton, Alberta [4]
Higginson Round Barn 1893-94 2500 Highway 34
45°34′48″N 74°37′21″W / 45.58000°N 74.62250°W		 Hawkesbury, Ontario

Europe

Building Image Dates Location City, State Description
Bakendorf round barn Bakendorf, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Now a converted barn
Fincken Round Barn 53°21′20″N 12°26′33″E / 53.35556°N 12.44250°E Fincken, district Müritz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany Used as a fire station
Bjärtrå Folk Museum Round Barn circa 1858 62°59′19″N 17°52′33″E / 62.98861°N 17.87583°E Bjärtrå, near Kramfors, Sweden
Round Barn in Viätt 63°04′18″N 17°49′43″E / 63.07167°N 17.82861°E Viätt, Kramfors, Sweden Hexagonal, log barn or granary
Nätra Folk Museum Round Barn 63°12′06″N 18°31′10″E / 63.20167°N 18.51944°E Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Technically an octagonal, log granary

United States

Building Image Dates Location City, State Description
De Turk Round Barn built 1891
NRHP 2004		 819 Donahue St.
38°26′28″N 122°43′26″W / 38.44111°N 122.72389°W		 Santa Rosa, California
R. L. Johnston Round Barn built 1916 southeast of Pittville, California. Built "...to break and train wild horses for the U. S. Army."[7]
DeLaney Round Barn built 1902; NRHP 1989 Aurora, Colorado Built in 1902 as a silo. Converted into a dairy barn by 1910.

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Cherbourg Round Barn built 1918
NRHP 1978
39°9′4″N 75°27′27″W / 39.15111°N 75.45750°W		 Little Creek, Delaware
Dorough Round Barn and Farm built 1917
NRHP Jan. 20, 1980
now in complete disrepair		 Hickory Level, Georgia
Wheeler-Magnus Round Barn Arlington Heights, Illinois
Clarence Kleinkopf Round Barn Colchester, Illinois
Robert Weber Round Barn Durand, Illinois
Dennis Otte Round Barn Eleroy, Illinois
Gerald Harbach Round Barn built c.1914
NRHP 1984		 42°19′41″N 89°45′12″W / 42.32806°N 89.75333°W Eleroy, Illinois A 55-foot (16.8-m) diameter barn upon a poured concrete foundation. Its wood sided exterior has been covered in asphalt since the building's construction.
James Bruce Round Barn built 1914
NRHP 1984		 42°15′6″N 89°38′55″W / 42.25167°N 89.64861°W Freeport, Illinois Constructed by Jeremiah Shaffer and the Haas Brothers, who built at least 12 round barns in the area. Features a single hip roof design probably influenced by the Agricultural Experiment Stations at the University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Ryan Round Barn built 1910
NRHP 1974		 41°14′28″N 89°55′32″W / 41.24111°N 89.92556°W Kewanee, Illinois
Chris Jensen Round Barn Lena, Illinois
Lewis Round Barn Mendon, Illinois
Robert Buckles Barn Built 1917
Added to the NRHP in 1983		 39°59′8″N 89°16′25″W / 39.98556°N 89.27361°W Mount Pulaski, Illinois
Noah Sheely Round Barn built 1914
NHRP 1994		 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Currently used as a fruit market by the Knouse Family (Knouse Fruitlands, Inc.). Visitors can tour the barn, view its structure and reserve the barn for weddings and special events.
Charles Fehr Round Barn built 1912
NRHP 1984		 Orangeville, Illinois Interesting for its hipped roof
Raymond Schultz Round Barn Pontiac, Illinois
Ron George Round Barn NRHP 1982 41°38′26″N 88°6′10″W / 41.64056°N 88.10278°W Romeoville, Illinois $1,500 building that with a diameter of 60 foot (18 m). Served nine horse stalls and may have served cows as well. Its wooden cupola is raised sixty feet above a concrete foundation.
Virginia Tillery Round Barn Whitehall, Illinois
Utter-Gerig Round Barn Akron, Indiana
Frank Senour Round Barn Blackhawk, Indiana
Thomas Ranck Round Barn b. c.1885-1910
NRHP 1983		 39°42′50″N 85°2′40″W / 39.71389°N 85.04444°W Brownsville, Indiana 70 feet diameter, 70 feet tall barn featuring two rows of clerestories; stands out as one of the most elaborately designed structures in eastern Indiana.
Strauther Pleak Round Barn Greensburg, Indiana
Andrew B. VanHuys Round Barn Lebanon, Indiana
W. H. York Round Barn Lodi, Indiana
Frank Littleton Round Barn built 1903
NRHP 1993		 39°52′22.2″N 85°53′24.5″W / 39.872833°N 85.890139°W Mount Comfort, Indiana
Cornish Griffin Round Barn Pleasant Lake, Indiana
Rebecca Rankin Round Barn Poling, Indiana
John Haimbaugh Round Barn Rochester, Indiana
Bert Leedy Round Barn Rochester, Indiana
Nelson Round Barn built 1912
NRHP 1986		 County Road J46
40°42′24″N 93°20′44″W / 40.70667°N 93.34556°W		 Allerton, Iowa
George Darrow Round Barn built 1916
NRHP 1986		 County Road T76
43°9′52″N 92°29′46″W / 43.16444°N 92.49611°W		 Alta Vista, Iowa
Thomsen Round Barn built 1912
NRHP 1986		 Off Iowa Highway 15
43°20′46″N 94°29′52″W / 43.34611°N 94.49778°W		 Armstrong, Iowa
Lenox Round Barn built 1905
NRHP 1999		 1001 Pollock Blvd.
40°40′39″N 94°43′45″W / 40.67750°N 94.72917°W		 Bedford, Iowa
William Oakland Round Barn built 1910
NRHP 1986		 Off U.S. Route 69
42°29′11″N 93°38′0″W / 42.48639°N 93.63333°W		 Blairsburg, Iowa
Nebergall "Knoll Crest" Round Barn built 1914
NRHP 1986		 Telegraph Road
41°30′59″N 90°42′54″W / 41.51639°N 90.71500°W		 Blue Grass, Iowa built by Benton Steele
Round Barn, Buckingham Township built 1920
NRHP 1986		 Off U.S. Route 63
42°17′1″N 92°28′35″W / 42.28361°N 92.47639°W		 Buckingham, Iowa
Wickfield Round Barn built 1919
NRHP 1986		 Off Iowa Highway 2
40°40′4″N 92°1′23″W / 40.66778°N 92.02306°W		 Cantril, Iowa It has 12 dormers.
C. A. Rownd Round Barn built 1911
NRHP 1986		 5102 S. Main St.
42°29′50″N 92°27′47″W / 42.49722°N 92.46306°W		 Cedar Falls, Iowa
Brooks Round Barn built 1914
NRHP 1986		 West of U.S. Route 218
42°57′0″N 92°35′4″W / 42.95000°N 92.58444°W		 Charles City, Iowa destroyed in 1995
Spotts Round Barn built 1914
NRHP 1986		 Iowa Highway 14
42°56′10″N 91°45′1″W / 42.93611°N 91.75028°W		 Charles City, Iowa
Robert Kirkpatrick Round Barn built 1919
NRHP 2005		 3342-120th Ave.
42°17′55″N 91°33′29″W / 42.29861°N 91.55806°W		 Coggon, Iowa
Plagmann Round Barn built 1912
NRHP 1986		 County Road V66
41°43′30″N 92°3′24″W / 41.72500°N 92.05667°W		 Conroy, Iowa
Waveland Round Barn built 1900
NRHP 1986		 Off U.S. Route 20
42°29′46″N 95°42′9″W / 42.49611°N 95.70250°W		 Cushing, Iowa
Charles B. Reynolds Round Barn built 1924
NRHP 1999		 2382 Harrison Ave.
43°18′10″N 96°9′21″W / 43.30278°N 96.15583°W		 Doon, Iowa
Round Barn, Dubuque Township built 1915
NRHP 1986		 2810 Cascade Rd.
42°28′24″N 90°42′27″W / 42.47333°N 90.70750°W 		Dubuque, Iowa
James Greer McQuilkin Round Barn built 1918
NRHP 1986		 County Road D56
42°15′51″N 91°47′43″W / 42.26417°N 91.79528°W 		Eagle Center, Iowa
Round Barn, Bruce Township Section 3 built 1910
NRHP 1986		 Off U.S. Route 218
42°17′31″N 92°14′8″W / 42.29194°N 92.23556°W 		Eagle Center, Iowa
Frantz Round Barn built 1911
NRHP 1986		 Off U.S. Route 30
42°2′19″N 94°12′4″W / 42.03861°N 94.20111°W 		Grand Junction, Iowa
Erza McKenzie Round Barn built 1922
NRHP 1986		 Off Iowa Highway 150
42°36′26″N 91°56′7″W / 42.60722°N 91.93528°W		 Hazleton, Iowa
Octagon Round Barn, Indian Creek Township built 1880
NRHP 1986		 Off County Road S14
41°57′0″N 93°27′6″W / 41.95000°N 93.45167°W		 Iowa Center, Iowa
Herman Wood Round Barn built 1916
NRHP 1986		 U.S. Route 65
42°33′28″N 93°15′2″W / 42.55778°N 93.25056°W		 Iowa Falls, Iowa
Slayton Farms-Round Barn built 1915
NRHP 1999		 20478 135th St.
42°30′52″N 93°17′26″W / 42.51444°N 93.29056°W		 Iowa Falls, Iowa
Round Barn, Washington Township built 1917
NRHP 1986		 Off U.S. Route 218
42°35′7″N 92°27′40″W / 42.58528°N 92.46111°W		 Janesville, Iowa
Round Barn, Bruce Township Section 6 built 1914
NRHP 1986		 West of U.S. Route 218
42°17′13″N 92°16′50″W / 42.28694°N 92.28056°W 		La Porte, Iowa
Tonsfeldt Round Barn built 1918
NRHP 1986		 Plymouth County Fairgrounds
42°47′52″N 96°9′34″W / 42.79778°N 96.15944°W		 Le Mars, Iowa
Fred W. Meier Round Barn built 1912
NRHP 1986		 Off Iowa Highway 9
43°14′3″N 91°28′34″W / 43.23417°N 91.47611°W		 Ludlow, Iowa Former true round barn measuring 56 feet (17 m) around.[9] Featured stone and featured red horizontal siding, 2-pitch conical roof, aerator and an internal wood stave silo.[9] Destroyed in a thunderstorm during night of July 27, 2002.[10]
Round Barn, Cooper Township built 1921
NRHP 1986		 Iowa Highway 141
42°7′59″N 95°44′14″W / 42.13306°N 95.73722°W		 Mapleton, Iowa
Round Barn, Millville Township built 1916
NRHP 1986		 U.S. Route 52
42°42′56″N 91°5′4″W / 42.71556°N 91.08444°W		 Millville, Iowa
Holtkamp Round Barn built 1918
NRHP 1986		 Off U.S. Route 218
40°49′16″N 91°33′23″W / 40.82111°N 91.55639°W 		Salem, Iowa
Round Barn, Norway Township built 1920
NRHP 1987		 Off County Road R60
43°29′22″N 93°35′18″W / 43.48944°N 93.58833°W 		Scarville, Iowa
Round Barn, Washington Township built 1917
NRHP 1986		 U.S. Route 71
41°3′39″N 94°59′1″W / 41.06083°N 94.98361°W		 Sciola, Iowa
Miller Round Barn built 1918
NRHP 1986		 County Road F62
41°33′38″N 91°37′52″W / 41.56056°N 91.63111°W		 Sharon Center, Iowa
Eckle Round Barn built 1928
NRHP 1986		 Off Iowa Highway 168
41°3′39″N 94°59′1″W / 41.06083°N 94.98361°W		 Shelby, Iowa
Dobbin Round Barn built 1919
NRHP 1986		 Off County Road S52
41°59′6″N 93°11′58″W / 41.98500°N 93.19944°W		 State Center, Iowa
Round Barn, Pilot Grove Township built 1912
NRHP 1986		 County Road H20
41°6′21″N 95°4′50″W / 41.10583°N 95.08056°W		 Stennett, Iowa
John W. Young Round Barn built 1917
NRHP 1986		 Off U.S. Route 63
42°11′36″N 92°28′28″W / 42.19333°N 92.47444°W 		Traer, Iowa
Clark Round Barn built 1908
NRHP 1986		 County Road T7H
40°58′46″N 92°52′50″W / 40.97944°N 92.88056°W		 Tyrone, Iowa
Thompson-Wohlschlegel Round Barn Harper, Kansas
Fromme-Birney Round Barn Mullinville, Kansas
Round barn at Hancock Shaker Village Hancock, Massachusetts
Dammon Round Barn built 1914
NRHP 1980		 Red Wing, Minnesota
Cota Round Barns St. Cloud, Minnesota
Kent Dairy Round Barn Red Lodge, Montana
Starke Round Barn Red Cloud, Nebraska
Ehlers Round Barn built 1922-4
NRHP 1995		 40°41′32″N 96°34′20″W / 40.69222°N 96.57222°W Roca, Nebraska Innovative and efficient design; severely damaged by a snowstorm on 4 February 2012, purportedly "beyond repair."[11][12]
Ojo Caliente Hot Springs Round Barn Ojo Caliente, New Mexico
Bates Round Barn Greene, New York
Young Round Barn Greene, New York
Kelly Round Barn Halcottsville, New York
Zoller-Frasier Round Barn Newville, New York
Robert Abell Round Barn built 1942
NRHP 1986		 46°22′35″N 99°28′29″W / 46.37639°N 99.47472°W Burnstad, North Dakota It cost $800 to build.
Urbain Cote Round Barn built 1943
1986		 47°38′40″N 100°3′30″W / 47.64444°N 100.05833°W Dunseith, North Dakota Its hay loft floor "was used by roller skaters during the 1950's and shows little wear or sagging."[13]:2
Rodman Octagonal Barn built 1890
NRHP 1986		 46°24′33″N 98°47′17″W / 46.40917°N 98.78806°W Near Edgeley, North Dakota
Gerhardt Octagonal Pig House built 1930
NRHP 1986		 46°52′28″N 102°29′37″W / 46.87444°N 102.49361°W Near Gladstone, North Dakota An octagonal pig-house deemed to meet the NRHP multiple property criteria for North Dakota round barns
Carlott Funseth Round Barn built 1909
NRHP 1986		 47°46′46″N 97°35′56″W / 47.77944°N 97.59889°W Kempton, North Dakota Built by Sven and Ole Olson to replace a previous, octagonal barn
Cecil Baker Round Barn built 1921
NRHP 1986		 47°15′13″N 98°52′47″W / 47.25361°N 98.87972°W Kensal, North Dakota Apparently a kit barn, purchased from the Gordon Vantine Company of Davenport, Iowa.[14]:25
Sylvanus Marriage Octagonal Barn built 1902
NRHP 1986		 47°36′50″N 99°5′50″W / 47.61389°N 99.09722°W Near New Rockford, North Dakota Octagonal barn
Jens Myhre Round Barn built 1919
NRHP 1986		 47°44′46″N 99°12′11″W / 47.74611°N 99.20306°W New Rockford, North Dakota Only surviving North Dakota round barn with a ramp to its mow area, hence "may have been perceived as out of fashion and behind the times."[15]:41
Niels Nielsen Fourteen-Side Barn Farm built 1914
NRHP 1986		 48°49′54″N 102°57′33″W / 48.83167°N 102.95917°W Near Noonan, North Dakota Pre-cut kit barn from a firm in Chicago[16]
Levi Glick Round Barn built 1923
NRHP 1986		 48°13′29″N 101°10′20″W / 48.22472°N 101.17222°W Surrey, North Dakota
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 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
Arcadia Round Barn Built 1898
NRHP 1977		 107 Highway 66
35°39′44″N 97°19′33″W / 35.66222°N 97.32583°W		 Arcadia, Oklahoma
Hines Round Barn Sallisaw, Oklahoma
Pete French Round Barn Burns, Oregon
Neff Round Barn built c.1910
NRHP 1979		 Off of Pennsylvania Route 45, Potter Township
40°49′3″N 77°42′6″W / 40.81750°N 77.70167°W		 south of Centre Hall, Pennsylvania
Freier Round Barn Draper, South Dakota
Shafer Round Barn built 1920
NRHP 1995		 43°32′31″N 96°38′58″W / 43.54194°N 96.64944°W Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Stark Round Barn built 1921
NRHP 2001		 43°48′14″N 97°27′4″W / 43.80389°N 97.45111°W Near Unityville, South Dakota
Corson Emminger Round Barn Watertown, South Dakota
J. Whitney Goff Round Barn Winfred, South Dakota
Washington's 16-Sided Barn built 1793 Mount Vernon, Virginia
Hoffman Round Barn Wolftown, Virginia
Laughlin Round Barn built 1883
NRHP 1986		 46°20′25″N 122°55′24″W / 46.34028°N 122.92333°W Castle Rock, Washington
Hamilton Round Barn Mannington, West Virginia
Dougan Round Barn built 1911
NRHP 1979		 42°30′29″N 88°59′20″W / 42.50806°N 88.98889°W Beloit, Wisconsin Served a dairy farm of 120 cows.[17] The barn was demolished in 2012.[18]
George Apfel Round Barn built 1914
NRHP 1979		 43°39′15″N 90°41′24″W / 43.65417°N 90.69000°W Clinton, Wisconsin Octagonal in shape.
Annala Round Barn built 1921
NRHP 1979		 46°25′5″N 90°9′41″W / 46.41806°N 90.16139°W Hurley, Wisconsin
Central Wisconsin State Fair Round Barn built 1916[19]
NRHP 1979		 Jct. of Vine Ave. and E. 17th St.

44°39′8″N 90°10′27″W / 44.65222°N 90.17417°W

 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.[17]:3
Gempeler Round Barn built 1912
NRHP 1979		 42°39′50″N 89°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"[17]:10
Risum Round Barn built 1892
NRHP 1979		 42°35′55″N 89°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.[17]:6–7

References

  1. ↑ Auer, Michael J. The Preservation of Historic Barns, Preservation Briefs, National Park Service, first published October 1989. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
  2. ↑ Round and Polygonal Barns of Indiana, (PDF), National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form, NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 8 February 2007.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Round Barn Capital of the World?". Fulton County Historical Society.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Matthew Farfan. "Round Barns". TownshipsHeritage WebMagazine.
  5. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  6. ↑ Jerry McMahan (October 18, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Round and Polygonal Barns of Indiana". National Park Service.
  7. ↑ http://shastacountyhistory.com/reconstructing_the_round_barn
  8. ↑ National Register of Historic Places, DeLaney Barn, Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, National Register #89000010
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Iowa Round Barn List". Dale Travis Barn List. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  10. ↑ "IA00305". Dale Travis Barn List. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  11. ↑ "Snowstorm damages historic round barn". Lincoln Journal-Star. 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  12. ↑ "Round barn unlikely to be rebuilt". Omaha World-Herald. 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  13. ↑ L. Martin Perry (July 29, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Urbain Cote Round Barn". National Park Service. (pages 27-28 in North Dakota Round Barns TR) and accompanying photo from 1986
  14. ↑ L. Martin Perry (July 29, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cecil Baker Round Barn". National Park Service. (pages 25-26 in North Dakota Round Barns TR) and accompanying photo from 1985
  15. ↑ L. Martin Perry (July 29, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Jens Myhre Round Barn". National Park Service. (pages 40-41 in North Dakota Round Barns TR) and accompanying photos
  16. ↑ L. Martin Perry (July 29, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Niels Nielsen Fourteen-Side Barn Farm". National Park Service. (pages 45-46 in North Dakota Round Barns TR) and accompanying photo from 1986
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Nancy Belle Douglas (November 10, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Centric Barns in Rock County TR". National Park Service.
  18. ↑ "Historic Dougan Round Barn demolished". Beloit Daily News. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  19. ↑ "Central Wisconsin State Fair". Central Wisconsin State Fair. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2012-07-07.