George Darrow Round Barn

The George Darrow Round Barn is a historic building located near Alta Vista in rural Chickasaw County, Iowa, United States. The true round barn was constructed of clay tile in 1916. The use of clay tiles suggests that it was influenced by the work of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station in the early 20th-century.[2] It has a diameter 64 feet (20 m), and a height of 50 feet (15 m).[3] The barn features a two-pitch roof and a 14-foot (4.3 m) central clay tile silo. It was built as a dairy barn and it was used as such until 1978. Dairy cow stanchions surround the central silo on one side of the barn in a circular arrangement, and horse stalls surround the other side. The barn has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.[1]

George Darrow Round Barn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	County Road T76
Nearest city	Alta Vista, Iowa
Coordinates	43°9′52″N 92°29′46″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1916
Built by	Unknown
MPS	Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR
NRHP reference No.	86001421[1]
Added to NRHP	June 30, 1986

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
2. "George Darrow Round Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-13. with photo
3. Dale Travis. "Iowa Round Barn List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-01-11.