Round Barn, Washington Township (Janesville, Iowa)

The Round Barn, Washington Township is a historic building located south of Janesville, Iowa in Black Hawk County, United States. It was built in 1917 as a dairy barn. The building is a true round barn that measures 60 feet (18 m) in diameter.[2] The structure is constructed in clay tile and features an aerator and a two-pitch roof. It was built around a silo with a water tank on top of it. While that is typical of this type of structure, it is the only one known to exist in Iowa.[3] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.[1]


Round Barn, Washington Township
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Show map of Iowa Show map of the United States
Location	Off U.S. Route 218
Nearest city	Janesville, Iowa
Coordinates	42°35′7″N 92°27′40″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1917
MPS	Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR
NRHP reference No.	86001417[1]
Added to NRHP	June 30, 1986

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
Dale Travis. "Iowa Round Barn List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
"Round Barn, Washington Township". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-11-20. with photo

U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types
Lists by state	List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands
Lists by associated state	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau
Other areas	District of Columbia American Legation, Morocco
Related	National Historic Preservation Act Historic Preservation Fund List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places portal Category

National Register of Historic Places in Black Hawk County, Iowa
Cedar Falls	Black Hawk Hotel Cedar Falls Downtown Historic District Cedar Falls Ice House Cedar Falls Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cedar Falls Post Office Cotton Theater James Newell Barn C.A. Rownd Round Barn Daniel and Margaret Wild House
Dunkerton	Dunkerton Bridge
Janesville	Round Barn, Washington Township
La Porte City	Chapple and Young Block Clement B. Gingrich House La Porte City Station August H.J. and Justena Lange Farmstead Historic District LaPorte City Town Hall and Fire Station John N. and Mary McQuilken House Syndicate Block Dr. Jesse Wasson Building
Raymond	William Waterfield House
Waterloo	Bennington No. 4 Black Hawk County Soldiers Memorial Hall Campbell Baking Company Chicago Great Western Railroad-Waterloo Freight Depot Dunsmore House Emerson School Fire Station No. 2 The Fowler Company Building Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Highland Historic District Hotel President Hotel Russell-Lamson Marsh-Place Building Master Service Station Overland Waterloo Company Building Rath Packing Company Administration Building Roosevelt Elementary School Rensselaer Russell House Snowden House Walnut Street Baptist Church Walnut Street Historic District Waterloo East Commercial Historic District Waterloo West Commercial Historic District Waterloo Masonic Temple Waterloo Public Library (West Branch) Waterloo Public Library-East Side Branch Henry Weis House Whittier School YMCA Building
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Black Hawk County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.