Herb’s Crib, 23553 200th Avenue, Davenport (Scott County) – Exit US 61 at Exit 127. Go east on LeClaire Road three miles. Then go south on 200th a half mile.
Herbert Schneckloth, prominent Iowa farmer, whose family emigrated from Germany in 1854, built the landmark round crib in 1926. Work on the 50-feet in diameter structure was done with hand tools. The foundation was dug and poured by hand using a shovel and one-third of a bag of home mix at a time. Handmade forms were used to pour the concrete. The ventilation block tile and matching solid tile were brought from Adel by train and horse-drawn wagons
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