1901 · Fred Quimby · East Passumpsic, Vermont
—Moved to Museum: 1985-1986 —
The three-story Round Barn was built in 1901 to improve agricultural efficiency on the farm. Hay from the top floor and silage from the central silo dropped through feed chutes to the middle level, where up to sixty cows could be stancioned around the center for feeding and milking. Manure was shoveled through trap doors to the lower level and collected by horse-drawn wagons. Shakers built the first American round barn in 1826, and the labor-saving design enjoyed a brief period of renewed popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.| HM Number | HM22HH |
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| Placed By | The Shelburne Museum |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 at 4:01pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 640835 N 4914868 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 44.37341667, -73.23226667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 22.405', W 73° 13.936' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 22' 24.3" N, 73° 13' 56.16" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 802 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1123-1213 Shelburne Museum, Shelburne VT 05482, US |
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