Ron George Round Barn
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Ron George Round Barn in 2011
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| Location: | Will County, Illinois, USA |
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| Nearest city: | Romeoville |
| Coordinates: | 41°38′26″N 88°6′10″W / 41.64056°N 88.10278°WCoordinates: 41°38′26″N 88°6′10″W / 41.64056°N 88.10278°W |
| Architectural style: | Round barns |
| MPS: | MPL001 - Round Barns in Illinois Thematic Resources |
| NRHP Reference#: | 82002536 |
| Added to NRHP: | December 7, 1982[1] |
Ron George Round Barn is a round barn northeast of the U.S. village of Romeoville, Illinois. Wilbur J. Fraser, who designed most of the round barns in Illinois, encouraged his brother-in-law Ron George to construct such a barn. George was living in the nearby settlement of Plainfield at the time. The $1,500 building is 60 foot (18 m) across in diameter. It served nine horse stalls and may have served cows as well. The wooden cupola is raised sixty feet above the concrete foundation. George Round Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in December 1982, four months after four other round barns joined the Register as part of the Multiple Property Submission (MPS), Round Barns in Illinois.
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- ^ NRIS Database[dead link], National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 11 February 2007.
