Young Round Barn Explained

Young Round Barn
Nearest City:	Greene, New York
Coordinates:	42.2942°N -75.8078°W
Built:	1914
Builder:	Bates, DeVern
Architecture:	Round Barn
Added:	September 29, 1984
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	84002072

Young Round Barn is a historic round barn at Greene in Chenango County, New York built in 1914. It is located on ‘’’Round Barn Farm’’’.

Design

The barn was built by DeVern Bates for James Clifford Young after his previous barn burned down in 1914. Bates was familiar with circular barn design having designed one for the University of Illinois in 1910. It is a two-story structure, with a large square entrance bay, and a diameter of . It is covered by a conical, two slope gambrel roof topped with a circular cupola venting the loft and central silo. DeVern Bates also built the nearby Bates Round Barn.^{[1] [2]}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Young Round Barn. May 1984. 2010-02-20 . Mark Reinberger. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying three photos.
2. Book: Triumpho, Richard. Round Barns of New York. 2004. Syracuse University Press. 9780815607960. en.