Thomas Ranck Round Barn
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The Thomas Ranck Round Barn is a round barn in Waterloo Township near the Fayette-Wayne County, Indiana county line. It is one of many round barns built in Indiana during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[1] Of the round barns built in eastern Indiana during this period the Ranck Round Barn stands out as one of the most elaborately designed structures. The Thomas Ranck Round Barn was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in January 1983.
Thomas Ranck Round Barn | |
Location | North of Brownsville on County Road 500N, Waterloo Township, Fayette County, Indiana |
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Nearest city | Brownsville, Indiana |
Coordinates | 39°42′50″N 85°2′40″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | c.1885 – 1910[1] |
Architect | possibly Isaac McNammee[1] |
Architectural style | Round barn |
NRHP reference No. | 83000030[2] |
Added to NRHP | January 11, 1983[2] |
Built in 1904, the Ranck Round Barn is a large and wood frame barn. It is part of a complex of buildings on the southeast portion of the McDivitt property in Brownsville, Indiana. Erected on a bank with a concrete foundation, the barn is 70 feet (21 m) in diameter, and is 70 feet (21 m) tall. The open structure consists of three circular tiers stacked on top of one another. The top section forms a cupola.[3] Isaac McNammee constructed the Ranck Barn in 1904 for Thomas and Nancy Ranck. McNammee built several round barns in the area, and patented his design for a self-supporting conical roof in 1905.[3] The Ranck farm was purchased in 1937 by a local veterinarian and his wife, Ralph and Tena Carmack. In 1945, Emmett and Mary McDivitt purchased the property.[3]