Dobbin Round Barn

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Dobbin Round Barn

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| image = Dobbin_Round_Barn_Marshall_County,_Iowa.jpg

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| location = Off County Road S52

| nearest_city = State Center, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|41|59|6|N|93|11|58|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa#USA

| area = less than one acre

| built = 1919

| builder = Ike Ingersol
Amos Thompson

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| architecture =

| added = June 30, 1986

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

| refnum = 86001459{{NRISref|2008a}}

}}

The Dobbin Round Barn is a historic building located near State Center in rural Marshall County, Iowa, United States. The true round barn was built in 1919 by Ike Ingersol and Amos Thomson. It was built from a Gordon Van Tine Co. kit for $6,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.dalejtravis.com/rblist/rbia.htm|title= Iowa Round Barn & Other Round Structures List|access-date=March 25, 2024}} It features white vertical siding, a two-pitch roof, louvered cupola and a {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=on}} diameter central silo. The barn has a diameter of {{convert|60|ft|m}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.dalejtravis.com/rblist/rbia.htm|title=Iowa Round Barn List|publisher=Round Barns & Covered Bridges|accessdate=2011-01-25|author=Dale Travis}}{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=86001459}}|title=Dobin Round Barn|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2017-11-13|author=}} with {{NRHP url|id=86001459|photos=y|title=photo}} It was built as a dairy and horse barn. The barn has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986. It is currently owned by Daniel Dobbin.{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/e90b2313-6082-45f0-8f2f-9fae74510828|title= Dobbin Round Barn|access-date=March 25, 2024}}

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