List of round barns

What are termed round barns include historic barns having true circular designs and also octagonal or other polygonal designs that approximate a circle. In the United States, in a first era of round barn construction, from 1850 to 1900, numerous octagonal barns were built. In a second era, from 1889 to 1936, numerous true circular barns were built.
This list article includes surviving or historic round barns in Canada, the United States, and elsewhere. There were 19 historic round and polygonal barns in Canada identified as surviving in the 1970s, in a list compiled by members of a club and typed up by Katherine Kirkam. According to Matthew Farfan, nine round barns survive in the Eastern Townships of the province of Quebec, all close to the U.S. border.
Besides paying attention to Canadian barns, Kirkham also studied American barns; in the 1970s, she identified 444 surviving barns in the United States. Many of them are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Dale J. Travis has identified and photographed round barns and other round or polygonal buildings throughout the United States and Canada. His webpages document the loss of numerous historic round barns.
The periods during which round barns were built varies across U.S. states. Most of Indiana's round barns were built between 1900 and 1920, and their construction peaked in 1910. Iowa's peak years were from 1909 to 1922. All 44 of the historic round barns built in South Dakota were built between 1903 and 1946. North Dakota's peak years were from 1910 to 1916. South Dakota had none built before 1900 because the state had yet to be developed.

Canada

As documented here, there are at least 11 surviving octagonal, true round, and other round-type barns in Quebec. A few others survive in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. A list of round or near-round structures in Quebec, including historic round barns, developed by Dale J. Travis has informed this compilation. Similar for other provinces at Travis site. Travis also includes less historic structures.
This includes others not in Travis's compilation, such as the Higginson Round Barn, which is an impressive and old one.
Following is incomplete, but is intended to become a complete list, from West to East:

Building	Image	Datesfosg	Location	City, Province	Description
Fintry Estate barn		1925	Fintry Provincial Park and Protected Area, 7655 Fintry Delta Rd.	Fintry, Okanagan Country, British Columbia
Henderson Round Barn		Built 1898, moved 1972	Fort [Edmonton Park]	Edmonton, Alberta	Preserved in a historical park.
Sowerby Barn		1928	131 Brownlee Rd	Huron Shores, Ontario	One of three 12-sided barns still existing in Canada
Cordukes/Weber Barn		1919	1410 Basswood Lakes Road	Algoma, Ontario	12-sided barn, site of farmers market, has been dismantled, moved and rebuilt adjacent to Sowerby Hall at 1410 Basswood Lake Road, near Hendry Street.
Octagon barn south of Osgoode			5672 Dalmeny Road	Osgoode, Ontario
Higginson Round Barn		1893–94	2500 Highway 34	Hawkesbury, Ontario	Several sources, hidden.
Walbridge Barn		1882	Chemin de Mystic	Mystic, Quebec	Oldest surviving polygonal barn in Canada. Also known as Grange Alexander-Solomon-Walbridge, it has a unique roof, became Quebec historic site in 2004 and became a museum in 2011
Round barn at West Brome			Chemin Scott	West Brome, Quebec
Grange Ronde de Mansonville			Rue Joseph Blanchet	Mansonville, Quebec	True round barn
Round barn at Saint-Benoit-du-Lac			Chemin Fisher	Saint-Benoit-du-Lac, Quebec	A round barn and a round hay tower
Grange ronde Stanley-Holmes		1907	Chemin Holmes	Barnston-Ouest	Rbcq: "W. of Barnston. Hwy.141 W. from Barnston to Chemin Caron Rd., S. on Chemin Caron Rd. & SE on Chemin de Way's Mill & the barn would be on the right hand side of the road. Holmhurst Farm, true round barn, red horizontal siding, 2 pitch conical roof, louvered cupola." This is Stanley-Holmes Round Barn, on Holmhurst Farm.
Round barn south of Barnston		1909	Chemin de Baldwin Mills Barnston	South of Barnston, Coaticook, Quebec	True round barn with two-pitch conical roof with a cupola, at Ferme Blayrond
Round barn at Barnston		1901	Chemin Riendeau	Barnston, Coaticook, Quebec	In Barnston. True round barn with two-pitch conical roof, with cupola
Grange Ronde		built 1995	400 Rue St. Marc., Gorge de [Coaticook Park]	Coaticook, Quebec
Round barn west of Beaumont		Pre-1850	Route du Fleuve	Beaumont, Quebec	White barn
Adolph Gagnon Museum		1888		Saint-Fabien, Quebec	Museum now in former barn
Octagonal barn west of Cap Chatte			Rue Notre Dame Ouest	Cap-Chat, Quebec
Round barn near Dunham				Dunham, Quebec
Holmes' Barn		c. 1907		Ways Mills, Quebec
Second of two round barns near Ways Mills				Ways Mills, Quebec

United States

Central

Illinois

See Round Barns in Illinois Thematic Resources for a discussion of current and former round barns in the state.

Building	Image	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
University of Illinois round barns		1907–1913		Urbana, Illinois	Important leading examples.
Wheeler-Magnus Round Barn		c. 1910		Arlington Heights, Illinois	Only round barn surviving in Cook County.
Clarence Kleinkopf Round Barn		built 1915		Colchester, Illinois	One of 3 round barns in area built by carpenter Dick Carmack
Robert Weber Round Barn		1917		Durand, Illinois
Dennis Otte Round Barn		1930		Eleroy, Illinois
Gerald Harbach Round Barn		built c.1914 NRHP 1984		Eleroy, Illinois	A 55-foot diameter barn upon a poured concrete foundation. Its wood sided exterior has been covered in asphalt since the building's construction.
James Bruce Round Barn		built 1914 NRHP 1984		Freeport, Illinois	Constructed by Jeremiah Shaffer and the Haas Brothers, who built at least 12 round barns in the area. Features a single hip roof design probably influenced by the Agricultural Experiment Stations at the University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Ryan Round Barn		built 1910 NRHP 1974		Kewanee, Illinois
Chris Jensen Round Barn				Lena, Illinois
Lewis Round Barn		1914		Mendon, Illinois
Robert Buckles Barn		Built 1917 Added to the NRHP in 1983		Mount Pulaski, Illinois	Vitrified tile exterior
Charles Fehr Round Barn		built 1912 NRHP 1984		Orangeville, Illinois	Interesting for its hipped roof
Raymond Schultz Round Barn				Pontiac, Illinois
Ron George Round Barn		NRHP 1982		Romeoville, Illinois	$1,500 building that with a diameter of. Served nine horse stalls and may have served cows as well. Its wooden cupola is raised sixty feet above a concrete foundation.
Virginia Tillery Round Barn		1912		Whitehall, Illinois

Kentucky

Building	Image	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Bird Octagonal Mule Barn		built c.1880 NRHP 1988	Cropper Rd., Shelby County, Kentucky, about 3 miles south of Cropper, Kentucky	Shelby County, Kentucky	Only recorded octagonal barn and one of few mule barns to be identified in Shelby County."

North Dakota

Building	Image	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Robert Abell Round Barn		built 1942 NRHP 1986		Burnstad, North Dakota	It cost $800 to build.
Urbain Cote Round Barn		built 1943 1986		Dunseith, North Dakota	Its hay loft floor "was used by roller skaters during the 1950s and shows little wear or sagging."
Rodman Octagonal Barn		built 1890 NRHP 1986		Near Edgeley, North Dakota
Gerhardt Octagonal Pig House		built 1930 NRHP 1986		Near Gladstone, North Dakota	An octagonal pig-house deemed to meet the NRHP multiple property criteria for North Dakota round barns
Carlott Funseth Round Barn		built 1909 NRHP 1986		Kempton, North Dakota	Built by Sven and Ole Olson to replace a previous, octagonal barn
Cecil Baker Round Barn		built 1921 NRHP 1986		Kensal, North Dakota	Apparently a kit barn, purchased from the Gordon Vantine Company of Davenport, Iowa.
Sylvanus Marriage Octagonal Barn		built 1902 NRHP 1986		Near New Rockford, North Dakota	Octagonal barn
Jens Myhre Round Barn		built 1919 NRHP 1986		New Rockford, North Dakota	Only surviving North Dakota round barn with a ramp to its mow area, hence "may have been perceived as out of fashion and behind the times."
Niels Nielsen Fourteen-Side Barn Farm		built 1914 NRHP 1986		Near Noonan, North Dakota	Pre-cut kit barn from a firm in Chicago
Levi Glick Round Barn		built 1923 NRHP 1986		Surrey, North Dakota

Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma

Numerous round and octagon barns in Kansas, including some already- or since-destroyed ones, are covered in a 1999 Kansas State Historical Society study. Round barns in Kansas and these other states include:

Building	Image	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Raymond Brinkman barn		Built 1912		Stillwell, Kansas	Built to house percherons. 48-foot diameter, 33 feet tall.
Thompson-Wohlschlegel Round Barn		Built 1912 NRHP 1985		Harper, Kansas
Fromme-Birney Round Barn				Mullinville, Kansas
Dammon Round Barn		built 1914 NRHP 1980		Red Wing, Minnesota	60 Ft high and 55 ft. in diameter. Has open center in upper floor where silo was originally. Now serves as a MN Wedding Venue. More updated pictures at
Cota Round Barns		built 1921 NRHP 1982		St. Cloud, Minnesota
Moody Barn		built 1915 NRHP 1980		Chisago County, Minnesota
Sparre Barn		Built 1917–24 NRHP 1980		Anoka County, Minnesota
Doncaster Round Barn		Built 1882 NRHP 2015		Twin Bridges, Montana	Birthplace of 1889 Kentucky Derby winner Spokane, NRHP-listed
Kent Dairy Round Barn		Built 1941 NRHP 1995		Red Lodge, Montana
Couser Barn		built 1912–13 NRHP 1986		Near Laurel, Nebraska	Dodecagon-shaped, balloon-framed.
Starke Round Barn		Built 1902 NRHP 1972		Red Cloud, Nebraska
Ehlers Round Barn		built 1922-4 NRHP 1995		Roca, Nebraska	Innovative and efficient design; severely damaged by a snowstorm on 4 February 2012, purportedly "beyond repair."
Arcadia Round Barn		Built 1898 NRHP 1977	107 Highway 66	Arcadia, Oklahoma	Famous Route 66 landmark, 60 feet in diameter, built by William "Big Bill" Odor, "subject of a massive, and award-winning, volunteer restoration effort in 1988 when the original roof collapsed"
Hines Round Barn		Built 1913 NRHP 1984		Sallisaw, Oklahoma
Frank Uehling Barn		1918 built 1985 NRHP-listed		Uehling, Nebraska	-

Mid-Atlantic

NY notes

Gamel hexadecagon barn 16-sided Gamel barn in North Collins, New York
Schultz 15-sided barn at Cohecton not listed due to DOE owner objection
"Nine octagonal barns, most built in the 1870s and 1880s, have been noted in New York, and undoubtedly many more have never been recorded. Extant examples in the nominated group include the Baker octagon barn near Richfield Springs, the Lunn-Musser octagon barn in New Lisbon, and the Lattin-Crandall octagon barn in Catharine."
McArthur-Martin barn in Kortright 16-sided
Parker 13-sided barn about 15 miles north of Kortright in Jefterson
"Roof types among the nominated examples include conical, gambrel., and domical."
11 of 12 listed, p21

New England

Massachusetts, New Hampshire

Building	Image	Dates	Location	City, State	hidden---->
Round barn at Hancock Shaker Village		1826, expanded 1870s		Hancock, Massachusetts
Round barn on NH-10			430 NH-10	Piermont, New Hampshire	There is "Round Barn Shoppe" identified on Google maps.

Europe

Building	Image	Dates	Location	City, State	Description
Rundscheune Bollbrügge				Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
The Wonderful Barn		1743 completed		Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland	a granary
Bottle Tower (Dublin) aka Hall's Barn		1742 built		Whitehall Road, Churchtown, Dublin, Ireland	Derivative of The Wonderful Barn
Bakendorf round barn			Zum Resthof 7	Bakendorf, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany	Now a converted barn
Fincken Round Barn				Fincken, district Müritz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany	Used as a fire station
Bjärtrå Folk Museum Round Barn		circa 1858		Bjärtrå, near Kramfors, Sweden
Round Barn in Viätt				Viätt, Kramfors, Sweden	Hexagonal, log barn or granary
Nätra Folk Museum Round Barn				Örnsköldsvik, Sweden	Technically an octagonal, log granary