The Dobbin Round Barn is a historic building located near State Center in rural

Marshall County, Iowa Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,105. The county seat is Marshalltown. The county was formed on January 13, 1846, and named after John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Uni ...

, United States. The true

round barn A round barn is a historic barn design that could be octagonal, polygonal, or circular in plan. Though round barns were not as popular as some other barn designs, their unique shape makes them noticeable. The years from 1880 to 1920 represent th ...

was built in 1919 by Ike Inqersol and Amos Thomson. It features white vertical siding, a two-pitch roof, louvered

cupola In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. The word derives, via Italian, from ...

and a diameter central

silo A silo (from the Greek σιρός – ''siros'', "pit for holding grain") is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are used in agriculture to store fermented feed known as silage, not to be confused with a grain bin, which is used t ...

. The barn has a diameter of . with The barn has been listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

since 1986.

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Infrastructure completed in 1919 Buildings and structures in Marshall County, Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Marshall County, Iowa Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Round barns in Iowa 1919 establishments in Iowa {{Iowa-struct-stub