Reburn Barn, Iowa twp Built in 1914  Reburn 12-sided barn, historical marker - photo by Errin Wilker |
The Reburn barn is located just southwest of New Albin, in Iowa twp. The 12-sided barn was built for Thomas Reburn in 1914. The cattle barn has a diameter of 46 feet and a silo measuring 14 feet in diameter. The silo extends one story above the roof of the barn. The roof of the silo originaly had the same pitch as the barn, but was replaced and altered in the 1950's after it blew off during a storm. The foundation of the barn is concrete block. Cattle are fed from a 'feed alley' surrounding the silo.
~photos taken by Errin Wilker for Allamakee co. IAGenWeb
~barn description is from Without Right Angles: The Round
Barns of Iowa, by Lowell J. Soike; Iowa State Historical
Dept., Office of Historic Preservation, 1983.