Corson Emminger Round Barn | |
The barn in July 2013 | |
Nearest city | Watertown, South Dakota |
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Coordinates | 44°51′41″N 97°06′34″W / 44.86128°N 97.10946°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1909-10 |
Built by | Emminger, Corson |
Architectural style | Round barn |
NRHP reference No. | 78002546 [1] |
Added to NRHP | March 30, 1978 |
The Corson Emminger Round Barn near Watertown, South Dakota, United States, is a round barn that was built during 1909–1910 by Corson Emminger. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
It is "extremely tall", on a 50-foot-diameter (15 m) base. It is built of concrete blocks. It has a double-pitched roof topped by a polygonal cupola with a conical top. It used to have ramps leading to two large entrances on the second level. [2]
There are few round barns in South Dakota; Emminger may have brought the idea of building one from Wisconsin, his native state, from which he arrived in the early 1900s. He bought the farm property in 1905 for $6,000, and he built the barn at cost of $1,500 to use as a dairy barn. He moved into Watertown in 1914 and to California in 1920. Jacob Krull bought the farm for $13,600 and owned it, with exception of one year, until 1943. [2]
Its National Register nomination asserts it is "truly a landmark in South Dakota", noting that it is located on one of the state's main highways. [2]
It is located on U.S. Route 81, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of parallel Interstate 29. [3]