Nebergall "Knoll Crest" Round Barn

Nebergall "Knoll Crest" Round Barn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Telegraph Road, Blue Grass, Iowa
Coordinates:	41°30′59″N 90°42′54″W / 41.51639°N 90.715°W / 41.51639; -90.715Coordinates: 41°30′59″N 90°42′54″W / 41.51639°N 90.715°W / 41.51639; -90.715
Built:	1914
Architect:	Benton Steele
Governing body:	Private
MPS:	Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR
NRHP Reference#:	86001473 [1]
Added to NRHP:	June 30, 1986

The Nebergall "Knoll Crest" Round Barn is located between Davenport and Blue Grass in rural Scott County, Iowa. It was built in 1914^[2] and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.^[1]

Architecture

The building is a true round barn that measures 56 feet (17m) around.^[2] The bottom half of the barn is constructed in clay tile and features square windows. Red vertical siding covers the upper half of the barn that features rectangular windows. A cupola rests on top of a 2-pich conical roof.^[2]

Benton Steele

The barn was built by Benton Steele, who was a specialized builder/architect.^[3] He built his first barns in the dairy districts of Indiana and Wisconsin before moving to Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. He wrote articles in publications such as the Kimball's Dairy Farmer of Waterloo, the Breeder's Gazette of Chicago and the Hoard's Dairyman of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin as way to advertise his work. Nebergall Round Barn is the only known example of a round barn from his work left in Iowa.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-11-08. http://www.nps.gov/nr/. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Iowa Round Barn List". Dale Travis Barn List. http://www.dalejtravis.com/rblist/rbia.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-08. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64000152.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-08. 

External links

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