Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
“The Frantz Round Barn is a historic building that was located near Grand Junction in rural Greene County, Iowa, United States. The true round barn measured 55 feet (17 m) in diameter.”
Wikipedia article Frantz Round Barn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Greene County · listed in 1986 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Frantz Round Barn in 2011, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1007 V AVE, IA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Frantz Round Barn: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Bituminous. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwin Brick and Tile Works | Clay, Bituminous | Past Producer | ||
| Earl Gates | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Head Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kennedy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pound Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spring Lake St Park | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grand Junction, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Hail | Grand Junction | $5,000 | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Highway-West Beaver Creek Abandoned Segment | 0.7 miles | 1993 | |
| Lincoln Highway-Little Beaver Creek Bridge | 1.4 miles | 1993 | |
| Lincoln Highway-Grand Junction Segment | 1.6 miles | 1993 | |
| Lincoln Highway-Buttrick's Creek to Grand Junction Segment | 3.6 miles | 1993 | |
| Lincoln Highway-Buttrick's Creek Abandoned Segment | 4.4 miles | 1993 | |
| Squirrel Hollow County Park Historic District | 7.5 miles | 1991 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86001432 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Greene County | All 16 listed properties in this county. |
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