North Carolina State University: West Barn, East Barn, and Milking Parlor – Raleigh NC

City:
Raleigh, NC

Site Type:
Education and Health, Forestry and Agriculture, Colleges and Universities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1938

Designer:
Ross Shumaker (architect); J. E. Sirrine & Co. (engineers)

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Public Works Administration funded the construction of the West Barn, East Barn, and Milking Parlor at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh NC.

Construction of a dairy plant complex comprising barns, managers residence, and other buildings, on a farm managed by the North Carolina State College. In the 1970s, the site became part of the North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Source notes

North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering of the University of North Carolina, Major College Projects of the Public Works Administration [photo album], in University Archives Photograph Collection - Campus Facilities and Views Photographs: Box 70, Folder 34;

North Carolina State University, Office of Finance and Administration, Facilities Division, Design and Construction Services Department Records: Box 109, Folder 8;

University Archives Reference Collection - University Buildings, Sites, Landmarks Files: Box 4.

All sources held by NC State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center.

Site originally submitted by Todd Kosmerick on June 1, 2019.

Location Info


4705, 4715, and 4725 Terry Curtin Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27695
Wake County

Location notes: On the campus of the College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University.

Coordinates: 35.7850545, -78.68194489999996

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