National Historic Landmark - University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn

Located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, an internationally recognized leader in agricultural research, this barn complex was the site of the "single grain" experiment that called into question the prevailing nineteenth century "chemical" model of nutrition. This ...

Dairy Barn

Circa 1941

This site was the location of the first commercial dairy in Mesquite, which began operating circa 1941. The barn was used by over twenty families in the community. According to a schedule, they would drive their cows to the ...

Dairy Barn Complex

Historic Blenheim

“The outlook for agriculture in Fairfax is dismal.”County Agent R.B. Davis, Jr., 1946

Why was Davis so pessimistic? As he wrote, Blenheim owner Marguerite “Daisy” Duras’s diary cows were setting production records. Just seven years earlier in 1939, her ...

Texas Tech Dairy Barn

The dairy barn and silo were constructed in 1926-27 and served as a teaching facility for 40 years. The barn was designed by Forth Worth architect W.C. Hedrick with the help of AG Dean A.H. Leidigh and Prof. W.L. Stangel. ...

Dairy Barn

This dairy barn hails from the legendary Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Built in 1900 in the town of Edinburg, it now sits at Market Station. The barn symbolizes the dairy farming that blossomed in the region, providing both county and ...

University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn

J.T.W. Jennings; Arthur Peabody, Architects

This spectacular barn and silo feature design elements of the French Provincial style inspired by the agricultural buildings of northern France. Jennings was the architect for the main 3-story side-gambrel barn, brick silo, and front-gambrel livestock ...

Hoffman - Kennedy Dairy Horse Barn

Circa 1904

This simple brick horse barn was built by Conrad Hoffman, a laborer. In 1925, it was purchased by the largest dairy in Madison, the Kennedy Dairy, to house its east side branch. The barn had deteriorated seriously by 1985 ...