Octagon Round Barn, Indian Creek Township

United States historic place
Octagon Round Barn, Indian Creek Township
41°57′0″N 93°27′6″W / 41.95000°N 93.45167°W / 41.95000; -93.45167
Arealess than one acre
Built1880
MPSIowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR
NRHP reference No.86001439[1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 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.[2] The octagon-shaped building measures 50 feet (15 m) in diameter.[3] 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.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.[1] The barn has deteriorated significantly and it is essentially a pile of wood now.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Octagon Round Barn Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  3. ^ a b Dale Travis. "Iowa Round Barns List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
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