Fred W. Meier Round Barn
Appearance
Fred W. Meier Round Barn | |
Location | Off Iowa Highway 9 |
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Nearest city | Ludlow, Iowa |
Coordinates | 43°14′7″N 91°28′40″W / 43.23528°N 91.47778°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1912 |
Built by | Fred W. Meier |
MPS | Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR |
NRHP reference No. | 86001411[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 30, 1986 |
The Fred W. Meier Round Barn was a historic building located near Ludlow in rural Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1912 by Fred W. Meier. The building was a true round barn that measures 56 feet (17 m) in diameter.[2] The bottom half of the barn was constructed in stone and featured red horizontal siding, 2-pitch conical roof, aerator and an internal wood stave silo. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1] The structure was destroyed in a thunderstorm during the night of July 27, 2002.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Dale Travis. "Iowa Round Barn List". Round Barns & Covered Bridges. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
Categories:
- Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
- Buildings and structures completed in 1912
- Buildings and structures in Allamakee County, Iowa
- Round barns in Iowa
- 1912 establishments in Iowa
- National Register of Historic Places in Allamakee County, Iowa
- Northeast Iowa Registered Historic Place stubs
- Iowa building and structure stubs