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The Arcadia Round Barn is a landmark and tourist attraction on historic U.S. Route 66 in Arcadia, Oklahoma, United States. It was built by local farmer William Harrison Odor in 1898 using native bur oak boards soaked while green and forced into the curves needed for the walls and roof rafters. A second level was incorporated for use as a community gathering place. The town of Arcadia developed and prospered with the arrival of the railroad and in the 1920s the newly commissioned Route 66 was aligned through the town, passing next to the Round Barn. With the reduction of traffic along Route 66 following the arrival of the Interstate, Arcadia and the barn likewise declined. In 1988 the 60 foot diameter roof collapsed. A team of volunteers led by
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worked to rebuild the structure, and restoration work was completed in 1992. Today the old barn is a tourist attraction and visitors admire the architectural and engineering details of America's only truly round (as opposed to hexagonal or octagonal) barn.


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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 ...
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Ryan Round Barn The Ryan Round Barn is a historic round barn located about six miles north of the city of Kewanee, Illinois in Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park. History The Ryan Round Barn was built for Laurence Ryan and completed in 1910 by German immigran ...
, located in Johnson Sauk State Park, Illinois, completed in 1910.


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Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Infrastructure completed in 1898 Buildings and structures in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Buildings and structures on U.S. Route 66 Round barns in Oklahoma U.S. Route 66 in Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-NRHP-stub