Design Doncaster Round Barn
detail of east doors of barn, said (with exaggeration) able accommodate “ten-horse wagon laden hay.” the foundation set on stone abutments quarried rock in canyon located 5 miles (8.0 km) away. armstrong stated driven twelve feet below water table , set on bedrock. walls of wooden planks, made of 3 thicknesses of lumber deep, said insulated double sheets of building paper between each layer of lumber. entrance barn featured engraved 4-by-8-foot (1.2 2.4 m) horse scene placed on door. the barn featured 20-foot (6.1 m) wide, indoor training track dirt footing, claimed quarter-mile in circumference, on ground floor, armstrong s horses exercised. horses kept outside sheltered there in bad weather. there 26 box stalls on first floor, around outside of track, dividing walls 4 feet high between stalls horses see 1 another, armstrong believed “this promotion of neighborly companionship [relieved] monotony of indoor horse life.” each stall included doorway outside , window. door...