The Fobes Octagon Barn is a historic building located south of

Lanesboro, Iowa Lanesboro is a city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. The population was 119 at the time of the 2020 census. History Lanesboro got its start in the year 1901, following construction of the Mason City and Fort Dodge Railroad through that ...

, United States. It was built in 1883, and at the time of its nomination it was one of 14

octagon In geometry, an octagon (from the Greek ὀκτάγωνον ''oktágōnon'', "eight angles") is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon. A '' regular octagon'' has Schläfli symbol and can also be constructed as a quasiregular truncated square, t, whi ...

-shaped barns from the 19th-century left in Iowa. with The barn has a diameter of and features a stone foundation, and a hip roof with a square cupola on top. The modification of the roof suggests this is a "Coffine type" structure similar to others built by Lorenzo Coffin. The general purpose barn has two granaries,

horse stall An animal stall is an enclosure housing one or a few animals. Stalls for animals can often be found wherever animals are kept: a horse stable is often a purpose-built and permanent structure. A farmer's barn may be subdivided into animal stalls ...

s, and the rest of the space is open for agricultural machinery. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

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Infrastructure completed in 1883 Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Iowa Buildings and structures in Carroll County, Iowa Octagon barns in the United States {{CarrollCountyIA-NRHP-stub