Local builder Fred “Silo” Quimby built this round barn in 1900 for farmer James R. Moore. Considered a great curiosity, it reflected a form popularized by Midwest agricultural colleges in the 1890s as more economical to build and more efficient to operate than traditional rectangular barns. Its central silo and top floor were used for hay storage and were reached by a covered high drive. The second-floor milking parlor had space for about 20 cows, and the circular layout provided a head stanchion where they could be fed from the silo and milked at the wider end of each triangular stall. A removable plank at the back of each stall allowed manure to be shoveled to the lower level for collection and use in fertilizing the pastures.