In 1986 it was believed to be one of the oldest surviving round barns in Iowa. It appears to be a "Coffin-type octagon barn" (i.e. derivative of the first octagon barn built in Iowa, in 1867, by Lorenzo Coffin). This type includes having a non-self-supporting modified hip roof, heavy timber construction, a rectangular interior plan, and general purpose function.[2]
roberts, octagon, barn, built, 1883, historic, octagonal, barn, located, near, sharon, center, johnson, county, iowa, june, 1986, added, national, register, historic, places, national, register, historic, placesshow, iowashow, united, statesnearest, citysharon. The Roberts Octagon Barn built in 1883 is an historic octagonal barn located on CR W62 near Sharon Center Johnson County Iowa On June 30 1986 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places 1 Roberts Octagon BarnU S National Register of Historic PlacesShow map of IowaShow map of the United StatesNearest citySharon Center IowaCoordinates41 35 24 N 91 38 7 W 41 59000 N 91 63528 W 41 59000 91 63528 Coordinates 41 35 24 N 91 38 7 W 41 59000 N 91 63528 W 41 59000 91 63528Arealess than one acreBuilt1883MPSIowa Round Barns The Sixty Year Experiment TRNRHP reference No 86001449 1 Added to NRHPJune 30 1986In 1986 it was believed to be one of the oldest surviving round barns in Iowa It appears to be a Coffin type octagon barn i e derivative of the first octagon barn built in Iowa in 1867 by Lorenzo Coffin This type includes having a non self supporting modified hip roof heavy timber construction a rectangular interior plan and general purpose function 2 References Edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service April 15 2008 Iowa Site Inventory Roberts Octagon Barn National Park Service Retrieved July 12 2016 with photo from 1979External links EditDale Travis Iowa Round Barns List Dale J Travis photo of and directions to Roberts Octagon Barn This article about a property in Johnson County Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a building or structure in Iowa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roberts Octagon Barn amp oldid 981621059, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
