Plagmann Round Barn
Plagmann Round Barn | |
 Plagmann Round Barn | |
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| Location | County Road V66 |
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| Nearest city | Conroy, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41°43′30.5″N 92°3′23.9″W / 41.725139°N 92.056639°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1912 |
| Built by | Charles & Richard Plagmann |
| MPS | Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001440[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1986 |
The Plagmann Round Barn is an historic building located near Conroy in rural Iowa County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1912 as a cattle barn by Charles and Richard Plagmann. The building is a true round barn that measures 100 feet (30 m) in diameter.[2] It is one of the largest Iowa Agriculture Experimental Station/Matt King type barns in the state.[3] It is three floored — at the bottom is the feeding floor, at the middle is the stalls and at the top is the haymow. The barn is constructed of terracotta clay tile and features an aerator, a two-pitch roof and a 16-foot (4.9 m) central silo.[2][4][5] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.[1]
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 2011-01-13.
- ^ "Plagmann Round Barn". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-19. with photo
- ^ "Unconventional shapes". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Plagmann True-Round Barn". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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