Texas Technological College Dairy Barn
Until 1935, students would bring their own cows to campus and market their own milk products through the Student Dairy Association. After 1927, the Dairy Manufacturers department sold milk and ice cream to Lubbock residents and college cafeterias. The university moved its dairy facility elsewhere in 1967 and abandoned the dairy barn.
From 1990 through 1992, students raised funds to preserve the barn as a symbol of Texas Tech's agricultural roots. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
On October 16, 2020, Texas Tech unveiled renovations to the barn, which was made possible with a $3.5 million restoration project announced in 2017.
It has a hay hood.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Lubbock County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Lubbock County
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Dairy Barn: An Inventory of Its Records, 1970-1992 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
- ^ National Register of Historic Places - TEXAS, Lubbock County
- ^ Watson, George (October 16, 2020). "Texas Tech Unveils Renovations to Historic Dairy Barn - Texas Tech Today". TTU. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
External links
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