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| Title | Naffziger Round Tile Barn |
| Coverage / Year | 1972 |
| Description | This circular tile sided barn was built by William Naffziger in 1916 in Mount Hope Township, McLean County. |
| Interpretation | Naffziger's round tile barn was made of locally burned tile and arranged so that cattle faced inward toward the tile silo. This was the last surviving circular barn in McLean County, and it remained intact until a tornado took its roof off in 1996. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | How we learn about communities; Communities and Geography; American Communities in History |
| Learning Standards | 15 Economics; 16 History; 18 Social systems |
| Author or Creator | McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill. |
| Other Contributors | Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-
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| Source | 'The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.; ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997) |
| Subject / Keywords | McLean County, Illinois; Tiles; Silos; Cattle; Barns; |
| Collection Publisher | McLean County Museum of History
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | mch0304; IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 5:22, p. 74 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 3435323832002_mch0304.jpg |
