Barns Around Iowa: A Sampling of Iowa's Round Barns

With approximately 1,000 of Iowas historic barns disappearing annually, this new title features over 100 of the round and multi-sided agricultural barns that existed during the last fifteen years. Even a few barns in the book have either burned or collapsed since Luella Hazeltine snapped their portraits. More than 200,000 barns once dotted the Iowa landscape. Less than 60,000 structures remain in Iowa. As we lose our barns, we lose a part of our Iowa heritage.
This 128-page book is a unique volume showing in color, Iowa agricultural heritage. Photographer Luella Hazeltine traveled the country roads of Iowa for over a decade in search of Iowas round jewels. The out-of-print book, Without Right Angles: The Round Barns of Iowa, by Lowell J. Soike of the State Historical Society of Iowa served as the guide to Luella Hazeltines ten-plus years documentary project. Her original photographic work will be preserved in the growing collection of barn photography at the State Historical Society of Iowa.