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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
79000112

Nearest city
  
Orfordville

Built
  
1890-1892

Added to NRHP
  
4 June 1979

Risum Round Barn

MPS
  
Centric Barns in Rock County TR

The Risum Round Barn near Orfordville, Wisconsin, United States, is a round barn that was built during 1890–1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979.

Among round barns in Wisconsin, it is significant for its early date of construction. It is a 60-foot (18 m) diameter barn that was built for Carl Risum (1847–1899), an immigrant from Norway, built by a "carpenter named John Gansert or Gansell, according to oral tradition, but there is no record of the exact date or cost." Lumber to build the barn was brought from the railroad depot at Brodhead, Wisconsin, six miles away.

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Risum Round Barn Wikipedia