{"nrhp_refnum":"84002071","name":"Bates Round Barn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 12","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greene","county":"Chenango County","state":"NY","lat":42.30292792900008,"lon":-75.80168769799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A circular three-story dairy barn with an attic loft, 60 feet in diameter, on Brookhaven Farm east of Route 12 south of the village of Greene, Chenango County, New York. It was built about 1928 by DeVern Bates.","why_significant":"The barn is described as one of the most complex and innovative central plan dairy barns identified in New York State, and the most recent of the twelve barns in the thematic group. Its structural tile walls, reversed stanchion layout with ventilating tubes, specialized feed chutes, domed roof and loft floor supported by trusses and steel hangers drew on Midwestern precedents. Its brick, tile and stucco entrance bay with ogival pediment shows notable craftsmanship.","narrative":"Built around 1928 by farmer DeVern Bates, this round dairy barn rises beside Route 12 south of Greene as the dominant feature of Brookhaven Farm. It measures 60 feet across and has three stories plus a loft under a domed roof. The lower walls are structural tile, and a tile silo runs through the center. A large entrance bay with an elliptically arched opening gives drive-in access to the third floor. Its brick, tile and stucco facade carries the inscription \"1931 Brookhaven.\" Inside, 24 stanchions are arranged with the manger on the outside and the gutter toward the silo, reversing the usual layout to improve ventilation. Chutes deliver hay, grain, straw and silage. The loft floor is held by steel rods and kingpost trusses. Bates had earlier built the Young round barn a mile south. The barn was listed as one of the most complex and innovative central plan dairy barns in New York, and it still serves as a working dairy barn.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"DeVern Bates, designer and builder","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and still functioning as a dairy barn, remaining in the Bates family; an addition was made to the southeast in 1979.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.610604-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/84002071.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002071/ee4cdb2492-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002071/ee4cdb2492-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Geraldine Clark","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brook_Haven_1931_Genegantslet_Creek_Greene_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Geraldine Clark</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:Brook_Haven_1931_Genegantslet_Creek_Greene_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312295","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_Round_Barn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4868816"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chenango-county/bates-round-barn-84002071/"}