Thomas Ranck Round Barn

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name = Thomas Ranck Round Barn
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caption = Thomas Ranck Round Barn in Indiana.
location = Fayette County, Indiana, USA
nearest_city = Waterloo
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 25
lat_seconds = 53
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 85
long_minutes = 1
long_seconds = 21
long_direction = W
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built = c.1885 - 1910 [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhdatapage&fileName=in/in0200/in0254/data/hhdatapage.db&recNum=1&itemLink=D?hh:3:./temp/~ammem_i95G:: Architectural Data Form] , National Park Service, 10 July 1984. Historic American Buildings Survey, Data Pages, Thomas Ranck Round Barn. Retrieved 8 February 2007.]
architect = possibly Isaac McNammee
architecture = Round barn
added = January 11, 1983 [http://www.nr.nps.gov/nrloc1.htm NRIS Database] , National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 8 February 2007.]
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refnum =83000030
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The Thomas Ranck Round Barn is a round barn near the Fayette-Wayne County, Indiana county line. It is one of many round barns built in Indiana during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Of the round barns built in eastern Indiana during this period the Ranck Round Barn stands out as one of the most elaborately designed structures. The Thomas Ranck Round Barn was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in January 1983.

Design

The Ranck Round Barn is 70 feet in diameter at its base and stands 70 feet tall. The roof features clerestory and round lantern conical roofs which decrease in size with height. The building's west entrance has a pavilion with a gambrel roof.

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