Brooks Round Barn

Brooks Round Barn
Location West of U.S. Route 218
Nearest city Nashua, Iowa
Coordinates 42°57′0″N 92°35′4″W / 42.95000°N 92.58444°W / 42.95000; -92.58444Coordinates: 42°57′0″N 92°35′4″W / 42.95000°N 92.58444°W / 42.95000; -92.58444
Built 1914
Built by Emil Cable
MPS Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR
NRHP reference # 86001429[1]
Added to NRHP June 30, 1986

The Brooks Round Barn was an 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 foor, and a hayloft. The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] It was destroyed in 1995.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Brooks Round Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-13. with photo(s)
  3. 1 2 Dale Travis. "Iowa Round Barn List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-01-07.


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