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The periods during which round barns were built varies across U.S. states. Most of Indiana's round barns were built between 1900 and 1920, and their construction peaked in 1910. Iowa's peak years were from 1909 to 1922. All 44 of the historic round barns built in South Dakota were built between 1903 and 1946.
It is also banked into the same slope. Like the barn, it has a rubble limestone basement, board-and-batten siding on the upper level, and a round arch window in its front gable end. The barn and corn crib were two of 13 extant buildings at the time of their nomination on the former John and Julia McGreer farmstead. [2]
Pages in category "Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Bentonsport, Iowa: ca. 1840 Residence Henderson Lewelling House: Salem, Iowa: 1840 Residence Kuhl House: Iowa City, Iowa: 1840 Residence Now home to University Press at University of Iowa [3] Fort Atkinson: Fort Atkinson, Iowa: ca. 1840-1842 Military Fort Beers and St. John Company Coach Inn: near West Liberty, Iowa: 1842 Inn Iowa Old Capitol ...
In the U.S., older barns were built from timbers hewn from trees on the farm and built as a log crib barn or timber frame, although stone barns were sometimes built in areas where stone was a cheaper building material. In the mid to late 19th century in the U.S. barn framing methods began to shift away from traditional timber framing to "truss ...
The original house and barn are still on the fairground's property. Other structures from the farm survived into the late 1940s when they were torn down. In 1886 the Iowa Legislature and the city of Des Moines appropriated funds and the first buildings were built. They were frame buildings that used boards and battens as exterior wall covering.
Eight buildings that were previously listed on the National Register are also included in the district. Iowa City's central business district developed adjacent to the Iowa Old Capitol Building and the main campus of the University of Iowa .