List of round barns
What are termed round barns include historic barns having true circular designs and also octagonal or other polygonal designs that approximate a circle. In the United States, in a first era of round barn construction, from 1850 to 1900, numerous octagonal barns were built. In a second era, from 1889 to 1936, numerous true circular barns were built.
This list article includes surviving or historic round barns in Canada, the United States, and elsewhere. There were 19 historic round and polygonal barns in Canada identified as surviving in the 1970s, in a list compiled by Katherine Kirkam. According to Matthew Farfan, nine round barns survive in the Eastern Townships of the province of Quebec, all close to the U.S. border.
Besides paying attention to Canadian barns, Kirkham also studied American barns; in the 1970s, she identified 444 surviving barns in the United States. Many of them are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Dale J. Travis has identified and photographed (or collected photos of round barns and other round or polygonal buildings throughout the United States and Canada. His webpages document the loss of numerous historic round barns.
The periods during which round barns were built varies across U.S. states. Most of Indiana's round barns were built between 1900 and 1920, and their construction peaked in 1910. Iowa's peak years were from 1909 to 1922. All 44 of the historic round barns built in South Dakota were built between 1903 and 1946. North Dakota's peak years were from 1910 to 1916. South Dakota had none built before 1900 because the state had yet to be developed.
Canada
As documented here, there are at least 11 surviving octagonal, true round, and other round-type barns in Quebec. A few others survive in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. A list of round or near-round structures in Quebec, including historic round barns, developed by Dale J. Travis has informed this compilation. Following is intended to be a complete list, from West to East:| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Province | Description |
| Fintry Estate barn | 1925 | Fintry Provincial Park and Protected Area, 7655 Fintry Delta Rd. | Fintry, Okanagan Country, British Columbia | ||
| Henderson Round Barn | Built 1898, moved 1972 | Fort Edmonton Park | Edmonton, Alberta | Preserved in a historical park. | |
| Sowerby Barn | 1928 | 131 Brownlee Rd | Huron Shores, Ontario | One of three 12-sided barns still existing in Canada | |
| Cordukes/Weber Barn | 1919 | 1410 Basswood Lakes Road | Algoma, Ontario | 12-sided barn, site of farmers market, has been dismantled, moved and rebuilt adjacent to Sowerby Hall at 1410 Basswood Lake Road, near Hendry Street. | |
| Octagon barn south of Osgoode | 5672 Dalmeny Road | Osgoode, Ontario | |||
| Higginson Round Barn | 1893-94 | 2500 Highway 34 | Hawkesbury, Ontario | ||
| Walbridge Barn | 1882 | Chemin de Mystic | Mystic, Quebec | Oldest surviving polygonal barn in Canada. Also known as Grange Alexander-Solomon-Walbridge, it has a unique roof, became Quebec historic site in 2004 and became a museum in 2011 | |
| Round barn at West Brome | Chemin Scott | West Brome, Quebec | |||
| Grange Ronde de Mansonville | Rue Joseph Blanchet | Mansonville, Quebec | True round barn | ||
| Round barn at Saint-Benoit-du-Lac | Chemin Fisher | Saint-Benoit-du-Lac, Quebec | A round barn and a round hay tower | ||
| Grange ronde Stanley-Holmes | 1907 | Chemin Holmes | Barnston-Ouest | Rbcq: "W. of Barnston. Hwy.141 W. from Barnston to Chemin Caron Rd., S. on Chemin Caron Rd. & SE on Chemin de Way's Mill & the barn would be on the right hand side of the road. Holmhurst Farm, true round barn, red horizontal siding, 2 pitch conical roof, louvered cupola." This is Stanley-Holmes Round Barn, on Holmhurst Farm. | |
| Round barn south of Barnston | 1909 | Chemin de Baldwin Mills Barnston | South of Barnston, Coaticook, Quebec | True round barn with two-pitch conical roof with a cupola, at Ferme Blayrond | |
| Round barn at Barnston | 1901 | Chemin Riendeau | Barnston, Coaticook, Quebec | In Barnston. True round barn with two-pitch conical roof, with cupola | |
| Grange Ronde | built 1995 | 400 Rue St. Marc., Gorge de Coaticook Park | Coaticook, Quebec | ||
| Round barn west of Beaumont | Pre-1850 | Route du Fleuve | Beaumont, Quebec | White barn | |
| Adolph Gagnon Museum | 1888 | Saint-Fabien, Quebec | Museum now in former barn | ||
| Octagonal barn west of Cap Chatte | Rue Notre Dame Ouest | Cap-Chat, Quebec | |||
| Round barn near Dunham | Dunham, Quebec | ||||
| Holmes' Barn | c. 1907 | Ways Mills, Quebec | |||
| Second of two round barns near Ways Mills | Ways Mills, Quebec |
United States
West: California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Colorado
Central
Illinois
See Round Barns in Illinois Thematic Resources for a discussion of current and former round barns in the state.| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
| University of Illinois round barns | 1907-1913 | Urbana, Illinois | Important leading examples. | ||
| Wheeler-Magnus Round Barn | c. 1910 | Arlington Heights, Illinois | Only round barn surviving in Cook County. | ||
| Clarence Kleinkopf Round Barn | built 1915 | Colchester, Illinois | One of 3 round barns in area built by carpenter Dick Carmack | ||
| Robert Weber Round Barn | 1917 | Durand, Illinois | |||
| Dennis Otte Round Barn | 1930 | Eleroy, Illinois | |||
| Gerald Harbach Round Barn | built c.1914 NRHP 1984 | Eleroy, Illinois | A 55-foot diameter barn upon a poured concrete foundation. Its wood sided exterior has been covered in asphalt since the building's construction. | ||
| James Bruce Round Barn | built 1914 NRHP 1984 | Freeport, Illinois | Constructed by Jeremiah Shaffer and the Haas Brothers, who built at least 12 round barns in the area. Features a single hip roof design probably influenced by the Agricultural Experiment Stations at the University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. | ||
| Ryan Round Barn | built 1910 NRHP 1974 | Kewanee, Illinois | |||
| Chris Jensen Round Barn | Lena, Illinois | ||||
| Lewis Round Barn | 1914 | Mendon, Illinois | |||
| Robert Buckles Barn | Built 1917 Added to the NRHP in 1983 | Mount Pulaski, Illinois | |||
| Charles Fehr Round Barn | built 1912 NRHP 1984 | Orangeville, Illinois | Interesting for its hipped roof | ||
| Raymond Schultz Round Barn | Pontiac, Illinois | ||||
| Ron George Round Barn | NRHP 1982 | Romeoville, Illinois | $1,500 building that with a diameter of. Served nine horse stalls and may have served cows as well. Its wooden cupola is raised sixty feet above a concrete foundation. | ||
| Virginia Tillery Round Barn | 1912 | Whitehall, Illinois |
Indiana
Iowa
North Dakota
| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
| Robert Abell Round Barn | built 1942 NRHP 1986 | Burnstad, North Dakota | It cost $800 to build. | ||
| Urbain Cote Round Barn | built 1943 1986 | Dunseith, North Dakota | Its hay loft floor "was used by roller skaters during the 1950s and shows little wear or sagging." | ||
| Rodman Octagonal Barn | built 1890 NRHP 1986 | Near Edgeley, North Dakota | |||
| Gerhardt Octagonal Pig House | built 1930 NRHP 1986 | Near Gladstone, North Dakota | An octagonal pig-house deemed to meet the NRHP multiple property criteria for North Dakota round barns | ||
| Carlott Funseth Round Barn | built 1909 NRHP 1986 | Kempton, North Dakota | Built by Sven and Ole Olson to replace a previous, octagonal barn | ||
| Cecil Baker Round Barn | built 1921 NRHP 1986 | Kensal, North Dakota | Apparently a kit barn, purchased from the Gordon Vantine Company of Davenport, Iowa. | ||
| Sylvanus Marriage Octagonal Barn | built 1902 NRHP 1986 | Near New Rockford, North Dakota | Octagonal barn | ||
| Jens Myhre Round Barn | built 1919 NRHP 1986 | New Rockford, North Dakota | Only surviving North Dakota round barn with a ramp to its mow area, hence "may have been perceived as out of fashion and behind the times." | ||
| Niels Nielsen Fourteen-Side Barn Farm | built 1914 NRHP 1986 | Near Noonan, North Dakota | Pre-cut kit barn from a firm in Chicago | ||
| Levi Glick Round Barn | built 1923 NRHP 1986 | Surrey, North Dakota |
Ohio
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma
Mid-Atlantic
Delaware and Pennsylvania
New York
Need to search on "decagon" hexadecagon, etc. in NRIS. Just came across McArthur-Martin Hexadecagon Barn. What is category? There is :Category:Round barns in New York but not added to all here yet.| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
| McArthur-Martin Hexadecagon Barn | 1883 built, NRHP-listed 1984 | Bloomville in Delaware County, New York | 16-sided, 100 feet in diameter | ||
| Bates Round Barn | 1928-31 | NY 12 | Greene, Chenango County, New York | ||
| Young Round Barn | 1914-16 | NY 12, about 3 miles south of Greene | Greene, Chenango County, New York | ||
| Kelly Round Barn | 1893 | Halcottsville, Delaware County, New York | Travis-omitted? | ||
| Zoller-Frasier Round Barn | c.1895 | Newville, Herkimer County, New York | Travis-omitted? | ||
| Bronck Farm 13-Sided Barn | Peter Bronck Rd. | Coxsackie, Greene County, New York | 13-sided barn at Bronck Museum | ||
| Lunn-Musser Octagon Barn | 1885 | NY 51 | New Lisbon, Otsego County, New York | ||
| Parker 13-Sided Barn | 1896 | NY 10 | Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York | ||
| Unnamed barn on Daniels Road | 3339 Daniels Rd. | Wilson, Niagara County, New York | |||
| Baker Octagon Barn | 1882 | NY 28 at Walters Way | Ritchfield, Otsego County, New York |
NY notes
Gamel hexadecagon barn 16-sided Gamel barn in North Collins, New YorkSchultz 15-sided barn at Cohecton not listed due to DOE owner objection
"Nine octagonal barns, most built in the 1870s and 1880s, have been noted in New York, and undoubtedly many more have never been recorded. Extant examples in the nominated group include the Baker octagon barn near Richfield Springs , the Lunn-Musser octagon barn in New Lisbon , and the Lattin-Crandall octagon barn in Catharine."
McArthur-Martin barn in Kortright 16-sided
Parker 13-sided barn about 15 miles north of Kortright in Jefterson
"Roof types among the nominated examples include conical, gambrel., and domical."
11 of 12 listed, p21
New England
Massachusetts, New Hampshire
| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | hidden----> |
| Round barn at Hancock Shaker Village | 1826, expanded 1870s | Hancock, Massachusetts | |||
| Round barn on NH-10 | 430 NH-10 | Piermont, New Hampshire | There is "Round Barn Shoppe" identified on Google maps. |
Vermont
South: Georgia, Missouri, West Virginia and Virginia
Europe
| Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
| Bakendorf round barn | Bakendorf, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany | Now a converted barn | |||
| Fincken Round Barn | Fincken, district Müritz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany | Used as a fire station | |||
| Bjärtrå Folk Museum Round Barn | circa 1858 | Bjärtrå, near Kramfors, Sweden | |||
| Round Barn in Viätt | Viätt, Kramfors, Sweden | Hexagonal, log barn or granary | |||
| Nätra Folk Museum Round Barn | Örnsköldsvik, Sweden | Technically an octagonal, log granary |