Kirkpatrick, Robert Round Barn

3342-120th aVe., Coggon, Iowa. County/parish: Delaware.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 06, 2005. NRIS 05000252.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Dighton Barn
  • Iowa site inventory #28-00022

From Wikipedia:

Robert Kirkpatrick Round Barn

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. 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. 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.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75336316

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