The Round Barn, Washington Township is a historic building located south of Janesville, Iowa in Black Hawk County, United States. It was built in 1917 as a dairy barn. The building is a true round barn that measures 60 feet (18 m) in diameter.[2] The structure is constructed in clay tile and features an aerator and a two-pitch roof. It was built around a silo with a water tank on top of it. While that is typical of this type of structure, it is the only one known to exist in Iowa.[3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.[1]
Round Barn, Washington Township | |
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| Location | Off U.S. Route 218 |
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| Nearest city | Janesville, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42°35′7″N 92°27′40″W / 42.58528°N 92.46111°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1917 |
| MPS | Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001417[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1986 |
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Dale Travis. "Iowa Round Barn List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "Round Barn, Washington Township". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-20. with photo
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