The J.H. Manchester Round Barn, on Ohio State Route 385 between Roundhead, Ohio and New Hampshire, Ohio. The barn was built in 1908 by Horace Duncan for farmer Jason H. Manchester. Since then it has served the Manchester family for five generations. The barn is the largest round barn east of the Mississippi River at 102 feet in diameter. It has two tiers with the second tier 70 feet in diameter and a total of 88 feet in height with a domed gambled shingled roof. Architectural Style-Italianate. The house on the farm, with the barn, is a joint posting to the National Register of Historic Places of Historic Places on April 17, 1980. Unfortunately no information on the house is available on the internet. GPS: 40.558827°N, -83.891335°W.
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