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University of Illinois Round Barns

Elevation of University of Illinois Round Barns, Urbana, Illinois

Urbana, Illinois · Built 1908–1912

Between 1908 and 1912, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign erected three round barns for its Department of Dairy Husbandry, now Dairy Science. The chief proponent of the development was Professor Wilbur J. Fraser, who administered the unit from within the University's Agricultural Experiment Station.

  • Time to build: 1908–1912, per HABS data pages

Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Library of Congress item. Full drawing: Elevation at loc.gov. No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted.