Eckle Round Barn

Eckle Round Barn
Location Off Iowa Highway 168
Nearest city Shelby, Iowa
Coordinates 41°30′20″N 95°29′37″W / 41.50556°N 95.49361°W / 41.50556; -95.49361Coordinates: 41°30′20″N 95°29′37″W / 41.50556°N 95.49361°W / 41.50556; -95.49361
Area less than one acre
Built 1928
Built by Ed Brown
George Robinson
MPS Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR
NRHP reference # 86001470[1]
Added to NRHP June 30, 1986

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.[2] It has a diameter of 54 feet (16 m).[3] 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.[1] It has subsequently been torn down.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Eckle Round Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-14. with photo(s)
  3. 1 2 Dale Travis. "Iowa Round Barn List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-01-25.


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