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Triangle Lake Round Barn (Blachly, Oregon)


Alternative Title
  • Sumich Round Barn (Blachly, Oregon)
  • John Sumich Round Barn (Blachly, Oregon)
Date
  • 1949
Description
  • This content is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
  • John P. Sumich completed construction of the round barn in 1949, three years after construction began in 1946. Sumich’s use of concrete blocks and other locally sourced materials represents a creative interpretation of the round barn type that has been used in the United States beginning in the 1800’s into the early 20th century, when it became popularized by agricultural schools for its efficiency. The historic building is a unique vernacular expression of a round dairy barn type that was popularized in the 1910s and 1920s for its reputation for enhancing farm practice efficiency and improving sanitary conditions. While it is unclear exactly where Sumich saw the original design that inspired him, there was no similar round barn construction in Oregon. The barn is eligible under National Register Criterion C for architecture as a local example of a vernacular round dairy barn type. During this time in Lane County, dairying and creameries continued to develop as a major industry. The Lake Creek Valley, where the barn is located, was also a thriving timber community with several sawmills, shingle mills, and the churches, schools, post offices and general stores that supported the population in this time frame. The round barn was and remains a landmark in the community.
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2016)
View
  • exterior
Temporal
  • 1940-1949
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • 19941 Highway 36
GPS Latitude
  • 44.187522
GPS Longitude
  • -123.5705027
Rights
Rights Holder
  • The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit photographer and the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
Identifier
  • OR_LaneCounty_TL_RoundBarn_0015
Source
  • Ellen Mooney, Terra Wheeler. Photos by Ellen Mooney. "Triangle Lake Round Barn National Register Nomination." (2016)
Media
Institution
Submission Date
  • 08/09/2018
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
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Chicago

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Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Barns http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85011902
2 Architecture http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006611
3 Round barns http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115530
4 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
5 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
6 barns http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300004900
7 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
8 Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5735869/
9 Blachly >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5714398/
10 In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
11 Image http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
12 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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