{"nrhp_refnum":"09000242","name":"Hoffman Round Barn","other_names":["Gentry Round Barn","Gentry Farm","DHR File No. 056-5034"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"4864 Wolftown-Hood Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wolftown","county":"Madison County","state":"VA","lat":38.34583195150006,"lon":-78.33544225633851,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 148-acre farm district near Wolftown, Madison County, Virginia, centered on a twelve-sided, one-and-a-half-story wood frame round barn built in 1913, with a 1941 farmhouse, spring box and family cemetery.","why_significant":"The barn is a rare example of a twelve-sided round barn, one of only three built by local carpenter Haywood Montebello \"Tiny\" Dawson and the only known round barns in Madison and Greene counties. The farm, part of a 1727 land grant, has remained in continuous agricultural use with its farmstead layout and cemetery little changed. It is considered locally significant for agriculture and architecture.","narrative":"Rising from a ridgeline pasture east of Wolftown, this twelve-sided round barn is a landmark of Madison County's farmland. Built in 1913 by local carpenter Haywood Montebello \"Tiny\" Dawson for farm owner T.M. Hoffman, it has post-and-beam framing, a mansard-like standing-seam metal roof, three hay-door dormers and a wooden center silo. Dawson reportedly accepted payment in trade from the flour mill over time. It is one of three nearly identical barns he built, and the only known round barns in Madison and Greene counties. The surrounding farm descends from a 1727 land grant to John Rucker. It includes a family cemetery with graves dating from 1781, a 1941 Colonial Revival farmhouse and a spring box. The farm is still worked by descendants of the families in its chain of title. It is recognized locally for its agricultural history and its vernacular response to the national round barn movement.","period_of_significance":"circa 1781-1941","architect_builder":"Haywood Montebello \"Tiny\" Dawson","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th Century American Movements: Round Barn","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The farm is still worked by family descendants. The barn remains much as built in 1913, apart from replaced first-floor siding, two missing hay doors and a slight lean in the silo and cupola.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.508107-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/6818/41681833/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/09000242.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000242/c05027a739-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000242/c05027a739-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Gauemj2017","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoffman_Round_Bard.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gauemj2017</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoffman_Round_Bard.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681833","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoffman_Round_Barn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712548"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/madison-county/hoffman-round-barn-09000242/"}