Philip Reading Tannery | |
Location | 201 E. Main St., Middletown, Delaware |
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Coordinates | 39°27′2″N75°42′44″W / 39.45056°N 75.71222°W Coordinates: 39°27′2″N75°42′44″W / 39.45056°N 75.71222°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | c. 1780 |
NRHP reference No. | 78000897 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 26, 1978 |
Philip Reading Tannery, also known as Green's Barn, is a historic tannery building located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1780, and is a two-story, brick structure measuring 106 feet long by 30 feet wide. It is a rare surviving 18th-century industrial building that has been converted into a cow barn. [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]
The University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn is a building located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Built in 1897, the building played an important role in the field of dairy science during the 20th century. It has been used both as a teaching facility and as a site for agricultural research. It is significant for its association with the single-grain experiment, performed from 1907 to 1911 by Stephen Babcock. The UW Dairy Barn was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2005.
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