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Offline Stage1

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Ever see a round barn?
« on: June 28, 2009, 08:39:19 AM »
A friend of mine is restoring this barn(1916) in Elmore, VT( still working on it, 2 years into it) http://welchsroundbarn.shutterfly.com/



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Offline texasmom

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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2009, 08:39:01 PM »
Marvelous :)
I bet a barn dance sure would be nice in that beauty!
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Offline uptown

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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2009, 10:34:55 PM »
yep, got one about 20 miles from here. Humeston Iowa.
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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2009, 11:31:37 AM »
Very nice
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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2009, 11:35:37 AM »
Saw soemthing like this on the history cannel. Supposedly they were churches with Astronomy look outs.
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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2009, 12:12:39 PM »
The Shakers are the ones who built most of these. There's actually quite a few of them up here in the New England area. The round shape made them very efficient when it came to feeding animals and other barn-related activities. The Shakers were pretty clever when it came to stuff like that.
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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2009, 12:47:41 PM »
I remember reading somewhere that round barns were originally constructed to "keep the devil out" as he apparently likes to hide in corners. Round barn = no corners to hide in! Lemme see if I can google that so I don't feel like a chud repeating something I read(I think...) years and years ago.....

Well, maybe I'm just a chud.

Wikipedia turned up nothing on the matter.....anyone else ever heard of that before? Or did I just manage to fabricate something in my mind?
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Offline Mickey1992

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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2009, 12:49:13 PM »
Ohio round barn list.  Although the author uses the term "barn" very liberally.

http://www.dalejtravis.com/rblist/rboh.htm

This I would call a barn.


This is would not.
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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2009, 03:20:51 PM »
Nice!!

 I can see it now,ok kiddies go stand in the corner!
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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2009, 07:24:57 PM »
Ok.....this is a polish joke in hiding right? In case you can not remember back to 8th grade i'll refresh your memory.

How do you confuse a polish guy? Put him in a round room and tell him to sit in the corner. :lol

Seriously though there is a round barn about 5 to 10 miles south of the Chicago land speedway in Joliet Illinois, it's a riding stable i think for rich kids out of chicago. I'll try to do some research on it, i pass it all the time.
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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2009, 07:49:59 PM »
You can find a good number in Eastern Wisconsin.
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Re: Ever see a round barn?
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2009, 08:34:28 PM »
At one time Wayne county Iowa had 6 of these. This is the only one still standing today
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