Brooks Round Barn

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Brooks Round Barn

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| image = Brooks Round Barn.jpg

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| location = West of U.S. Route 218

| nearest_city = Nashua, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|42|57|0|N|92|35|4|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa#USA

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| built = 1914

| builder = Emil Cable

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| added = June 30, 1986

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000152|title=Iowa Round Barns: The Sixty Year Experiment TR}}

| refnum = 86001429{{NRISref|2008a}}

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The Brooks Round Barn was a historical building located near Nashua in rural Floyd County, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1914 by Emil Cable, with Dale Butler as the supervisor. The building was a true round barn that measured {{convert|74|ft|1}} in diameter.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=86001429}}|title=Brooks Round Barn|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2017-11-13|author=}} with {{NRHP url|id=86001429|photos=y|title=photo}} It was constructed of clay tile and featured a two-pitch roof and a {{convert|16|ft|m|1|adj=on}} central clay tile silo.{{cite web|url=http://www.dalejtravis.com/rblist/rbia.htm|title=Iowa Round Barn List|publisher=Round Barns & Covered Bridges|accessdate=2011-01-07|author=Dale Travis}} The interior featured stanchions around the silo on the ground floor, double horse stalls and grain bins in a circular arrangement on the main floor, and a hayloft. The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It was destroyed in 1995.

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