The Texas Technological College Dairy Barn, located on the

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campus in

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, was constructed from 1926–27 and served as a teaching facility for 40 years.Dairy Barn: An Inventory of Its Records, 1970-1992 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
/ref> The building was designed by architect W. C. Hedrick of

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, with assistance from Agricultural Dean A. H. Leidigh and Professor W. L. Stangel. Until 1935, students would bring their own cows to campus and market their own milk products through the Student Dairy Association. After 1927, the Dairy Manufacturers department sold milk and ice cream to Lubbock residents and college cafeterias. The university moved its dairy facility elsewhere in 1967 and abandoned the dairy barn. From 1990 through 1992, students raised funds to preserve the barn as a symbol of Texas Tech's agricultural roots. The building was added to the

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in 1992.National Register of Historic Places - TEXAS, Lubbock County
/ref> On October 16, 2020, Texas Tech unveiled renovations to the barn, which was made possible with a $3.5 million restoration project announced in 2017. It has a

hay hood A hay hood is a roof extension which projects from the ridge of a barn roof, usually at the top of a gable. It provides shelter over a window or door used for passing hay into the attic or loft of the barn; it may hold a pulley for hoisting hay or ...

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National Register of Historic Places in Lubbock, Texas Texas Tech University buildings Texas Technological College Historic District University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Barns on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks Barns with hay hoods {{Texas-NRHP-stub

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