{"nrhp_refnum":"80000986","name":"Dorough Round Barn and Farm","other_names":["Round Barn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Hickory Level on Villa Rica Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hickory Level","county":"Carroll County","state":"GA","lat":33.68530534100003,"lon":-84.98813791377057,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A dairy and general farm complex on 196.31 acres one mile northeast of Hickory Level, Carroll County, Georgia, centered on a fourteen-sided round barn completed in 1917 for E.W. Dorough.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the barn is an unusual example of agricultural architecture, one of only four round barns known in Georgia, with progressive features such as a poured-concrete foundation and central silo. The farm also illustrates an early attempt at dairying in Carroll County. The land has stayed in the same family for generations.","narrative":"Near Hickory Level in Carroll County, Georgia, this farm is dominated by a fourteen-sided round barn of oak board-and-batten construction, ninety feet across and forty feet tall, set on a reinforced poured-concrete foundation. A 150-ton silo stands at its center, ringed by feed bins and dairy stalls. E.W. Dorough had the barn built in 1917 after seeing a round barn in Arkansas and being encouraged by the county agent to enter the dairy business. Builder Floyd Lovell reportedly cut every piece of wood in advance, and the barn cost $7,500. Round barns were promoted in farm periodicals of the time for their usable floor space and convenient feed storage. Poor roads, distant creameries and harsh winters ended the dairy operation around 1925-26. The farm also includes a nineteenth-century farmhouse, a carriage house, a privy, a tenant house and a small barn. Only four round barns are known to have been built in Georgia, and the land has remained with the Dorough family.","period_of_significance":"1900-1917","architect_builder":"Floyd Lovell (builder of the Round Barn)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Round Barn first floor used to store farm machinery; second floor vacant; tenant house deteriorated; farmhouse occupied; roof damaged recently, but framing, silo and basic form intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.78013-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/80000986.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207225","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorough_Round_Barn_and_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5298710"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/carroll-county/dorough-round-barn-and-farm-80000986/"}