The Raymond Schulz Round Barn is a round barn in the U.S. state of Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

. The barn was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 on August 26, 1982 as part of the original Multiple Property Submission, Round Barns in Illinois Thematic Resources. The Schulz Barn was built explicitly after its owner viewed the round barns at the University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 Agriculture Experiment Station. Today, those barns make up part of the University of Illinois Experimental Dairy Farm Historic District

University of Illinois Experimental Dairy Farm Historic District

The University of Illinois Experimental Dairy Farm Historic District, also known as South Farm, is a designated historic district in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located on the campus of the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois. The district consists of eight contributing structures and...

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