{"nrhp_refnum":"92000336","name":"Texas Technological College Dairy Barn","other_names":["Texas Tech University Dairy Barn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Texas Tech University campus","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lubbock","county":"Lubbock County","state":"TX","lat":33.581458283000075,"lon":-101.87819068299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A dairy barn and free-standing concrete silo on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, Texas, designed in 1925 and completed in 1927 for Texas Technological College. Only the 2-story gambrel-roofed wing and a 1-story wing survive from the original L-plan.","why_significant":"The barn and silo preserve evidence of the college's original facility planning and its agricultural teaching focus, with seven of 20 courses in the 1926 catalog tied to the facility. They are considered locally significant under Criterion A (education and agriculture) and Criterion C (architecture) as early, substantial agricultural designs in this part of West Texas. Their standard dairy-farm form and bungalow details contrast with the Spanish Renaissance theme of the central campus.","narrative":"Built between 1925 and 1927 on the edge of the new Texas Technological College campus in Lubbock, this dairy barn and its concrete silo were designed by Wyatt Hedrick of the Fort Worth firm Sanguinet, Staats & Hedrick. The stuccoed hollow-tile complex has a tall gambrel-roofed wing, a gabled one-story wing, and bungalow details such as exposed rafter ends and decorative brackets. It was planned for 40 cows and followed a pattern book on concrete dairy construction, rather than the Spanish Renaissance style used on the main campus. Its cost was $29,461.67. The barn supported the college's early agricultural curriculum, and seven of the 20 courses in the 1926 catalog were linked to it. Dairy operations ended in 1966, and two wings were demolished for a new building. The barn then served for storage and deteriorated, yet it retains structural integrity and most original details. It was listed for its local importance in education, agriculture and architecture.","period_of_significance":"1927","architect_builder":"Hedrick, Wyatt; Sanguinet, Staats & Hedrick","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow (Other: Barn)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed current function as vacant/not in use; used for storage after dairy operations left in 1966 and allowed to deteriorate, though structurally intact.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.228437-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/9728/40972886/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/92000336.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000336/5950dda915-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000336/5950dda915-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Robert Lawton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_Technological_College_Dairy_Barn.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Lawton</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Texas_Technological_College_Dairy_Barn.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"96000523","name":"Texas Technological College Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/texas-technological-college-historic-district-96000523/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972886","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Technological_College_Dairy_Barn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7708164"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lubbock-county/texas-technological-college-dairy-barn-92000336/"}