Brooks Round Barn | |
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| Location | West of U.S. Route 218 |
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| Nearest city | Nashua, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42°57′0″N 92°35′4″W / 42.95000°N 92.58444°W |
| Built | 1914 |
| Built by | Emil Cable |
| MPS | Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001429[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1986 |
The Brooks Round Barn was a historical building located near Nashua in rural Floyd County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1914 by Emil Cable, with Dale Butler as the supervisor. The building was a true round barn that measured 74 feet (22.6 m) in diameter.[2] It was constructed of clay tile and featured a two-pitch roof and a 16-foot (4.9 m) central clay tile silo.[3] The interior featured stanchions around the silo on the ground floor, double horse stalls and grain bins in a circular arrangement on the main floor, and a hayloft. The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] It was destroyed in 1995.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Brooks Round Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-13. with photo
- ^ a b Dale Travis. "Iowa Round Barn List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
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