Octagon Round Barn, Indian Creek Township
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Octagon Round Barn, Indian Creek Township | |
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| Location | Off County Road S14 |
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| Nearest city | Iowa Center, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41°57′0″N 93°27′6″W / 41.95000°N 93.45167°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1880 |
| MPS | Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001439[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 30, 1986 |
The Octagon Round Barn, Indian Creek Township is a historic building located near Iowa Center in rural Story County, Iowa, United States. It was built in around 1880 as a dairy barn.[2] The octagon-shaped building measures 50 feet (15 m) in diameter.[3] The modified hip roof, heavy timber framing, rectangular interior plan, and general purpose use marks this as a design influenced by Lorenzo S. Coffin, who built the first round barn in Iowa.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.[1] The barn has deteriorated significantly and it is essentially a pile of wood now.[3]
