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Title: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: Stage1 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/ (http://welchsroundbarn.shutterfly.com/)
(http://media.carcrazycentral.com/data/Photo/carcrazy2_rad4C38_large.jpg)

(http://media.carcrazycentral.com/data/Photo/carcrazy2_rad4C39_large.jpg)

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: texasmom on June 28, 2009, 08:39:01 PM

Marvelous :)
I bet a barn dance sure would be nice in that beauty!

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: uptown on June 28, 2009, 10:34:55 PM

yep, got one about 20 miles from here. Humeston Iowa.

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: Shuffler on June 29, 2009, 11:31:37 AM

Very nice

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: 4deck on June 29, 2009, 11:35:37 AM

Saw soemthing like this on the history cannel. Supposedly they were churches with Astronomy look outs.

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: Dux 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.

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: Toof 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?

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: Mickey1992 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.
(http://www.dalejtravis.com/barn/ohio/jpg/oh08601.jpg)

This is would not.
(http://www.dalejtravis.com/barn/ohio/jpg/oh02508.jpg)

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: morfiend on June 29, 2009, 03:20:51 PM

Nice!!

 I can see it now,ok kiddies go stand in the corner!

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: wrongwayric 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.

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: Fulmar on June 29, 2009, 07:49:59 PM

You can find a good number in Eastern Wisconsin.

Title: Re: Ever see a round barn?
Post by: uptown 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 (http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk121/TheAmish/xl.jpg)