Coordinates: 40°49′16″N 91°33′23″W / 40.82111°N 91.55639°W / 40.82111; -91.55639

Holtkamp Round Barn

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Holtkamp Round Barn
File:The Holtkamp Round Barn.jpg
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value.
LocationOff U.S. Route 2181725 335th street.
Nearest citySalem, Iowa
CoordinatesLua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Arealess than one acre
Built1917
Built byB.J. Holtkamp
MPSIowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR
NRHP reference No.86001436[1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1986

The Holtkamp Round Barn is a historic building located near Salem in rural Henry County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1918 by its first owner B.J. Holtkamp who used the plans drawn up by Matt L. King.[2] The building is a true round barn that measures 50 feet (15 m) in diameter.[3] It is constructed of clay tile from Mt. Pleasant Brick & Tile Mfg. Co. of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa and features an aerator, hay carrier, and a two-pitch roof. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.[1]

File:Roof structure.jpg
Roof structure from inside the barn

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). with photo
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).