The Triangle Lake Round Barn, located west of Eugene, Oregon, was built between 1946 and 1949, and added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 3 2017.[1]
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| Location | Eugene, Oregon |
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| Added to NRHP | July 3 2017 |
The barn was built by John P. Sumich (1925–2020), a dairy farmer. It holds the distinction of being the first round barn built in Oregon, and the only one used for dairy farming.[2] The barn is created with locally sourced materials and uses concrete blocks for walls, Douglas fir beams for support poles, and aluminum sheet roofing.[2]
While the condition of the barn has deteriorated after serving as a pheasant farm, a movement to restore the barn into a community center has gained some support since 2016.[3] Beginning in 2016, the current owners began to raise funds, estimated to be about $53,000,[3] for the restoration of the barn due to damage caused by several winter storms as well as a lack of maintenance while serving as a pheasant farm from 1996 on for several years.[2][3] If restored, it is slated to be used as a community center and location for agriculture education for the local Triangle Lake School.[3]
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edit- ^ Hale, Jamie (January 11, 2018). "12 historic Oregon places added to the National Register in 2017". The Oregonian. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Oregon Historic Sites Database". heritagedata.prd.state.or.us. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ a b c d Adams, Tom (2016-05-27). "Project aims to transform round barn in Triangle Lake into a community center". KVAL. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
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