Off IA 168, Shelby, Iowa. County/parish: Pottawattamie.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 30, 1986. NRIS 86001470.
1 contributing building.
The Eckle Round Barn is a historic building that was located near Shelby in rural Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States. The true round barn was built by Ed Brown and George Robinson in 1928 for Richard Eckle. It has a diameter of 54 feet (16 m). The barn featured white horizontal siding, a two-pitch sectional roof, aerator and a central clay tile silo with a 14-foot (4.3 m) diameter. The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It has subsequently been torn down.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75337388