Robert Kirkpatrick Round Barn | |
Location | 3342-120th Ave. |
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Nearest city | Coggon, Iowa |
Coordinates | 42°17′55″N 91°33′29″W / 42.29861°N 91.55806°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1919 |
Built by | Robert Kirkpatrick |
MPS | Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR |
NRHP reference No. | 05000252[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 6, 2005 |
The Robert Kirkpatrick Round Barn is a historic building located near Coggon in rural Delaware County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1919 by Robert Kirkpatrick on his own farm. The building is a true round barn that measures 60 feet (18 m) in diameter.[2] The barn is constructed of clay tiles and features a two-pitch roof with a large hay dormer on the east side and two smaller dormers on the west and north. It is one of 16 clay tile barns that were based on a design from the Johnson Brothers Clay Works in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The use of hollow clay tile is a distinctive trait in the construction of Iowa's round barns.[3] For many years it was used as a dairy barn before becoming a horse barn. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2005.[1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ↑ Dale Travis. "Iowa Round Barn List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ↑ Lowell J. Soike, Ph.D. "Robert Kirkpatrick Round Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-15. with photo