Hog Houses
- Building Name:
- Hog Houses
- Alternate Names:
- Piggery
- Historical Note:
- Hog Houses on campus date back to the 1860s, with the first hog pen built in 1865, and a piggery completed in 1867. Additional structures were added over time, including a swine house in 1880, though early facilities were poorly documented. After the Piggery was destroyed by fire in 1885, a new hog house was built in 1891 and remained in use until it burned in 1922.
- Year Built:
- 1865
- Year Removed:
- 1922
Photographs Containing Hog Houses:
Etching of the Piggery...
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Item 1 of 6
Left to Right: Sheep Shed, Piggery (Hog Houses), Horse Barn (First), looking west northwest
- Title:
- Etching of the Piggery from 1884 catalog
- Date:
- 1884
- Description:
- Etching showing the Piggery from the 1884 catalog depicting the swine breeding barn. Annotation: "Piggery 1884 catalog."
- Source:
- Iowa State University. Facilities Planning and Management records
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Etching of the Piggery from 1884 catalog", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
- Reference Link:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/historic-buildings/items/buildingprofile0054.html#cornerstones0028
Rights
- Rights:
- The Iowa State University Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Etchings from 1883 catalog...
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Item 2 of 6
Image 1, Left to Right: Horse Barn (First), Cattle Barn; Image 2: Horse Barn (First); Image 3: Creamery (First); Image 4: Piggery (Hog Houses).
- Title:
- Etchings from 1883 catalog
- Date:
- 1883
- Description:
- Etchings showing the horse, cattle, and swine barns, and the creamery. Images show general views of the buildings, with one showing horses, people, and livestock in the foreground in front of barns. Annotation: "Picture appears in 1883 catalogue. A swine house burned about 1885 and was probably the piggery. Horse Barn built 1970 Cattle Barn built 1861."
- Source:
- Iowa State University. Facilities Planning and Management records
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Etchings from 1883 catalog", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
- Reference Link:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/historic-buildings/items/buildingprofile0054.html#cornerstones0039
Rights
- Rights:
- The Iowa State University Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Photograph of the Experiment...
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Item 3 of 6
Left to Right: Landscape Architecture, Theater-Workshop, Cattle Barn (First), Cattle Shed, Experiment Station Barn, 1898 Hog House (Hog Houses), Agronomy Farm Crops Laboratory, looking north northwest.
- Title:
- Photograph of the Experiment Station Barn and other barns
- Description:
- Photograph showing the barn complex at the Agricultural Experiment Station. It shows the Judging Pavilion, the Experiment Station Barn, the Cattle Barn, the current Theater Workshop, and the current Landscape Architecture building.
- Source:
- Iowa State University. Facilities Planning and Management records
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Photograph of the Experiment Station Barn and other barns", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
- Reference Link:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/historic-buildings/items/buildingprofile0054.html#cornerstones0041
Rights
- Rights:
- This item is protected by U.S. copyright and related rights. It is being made available by Iowa State University as its rights-holder for noncommercial use, including sharing and adapting the work. No permission is required for noncommercial use so long as attribution is provided. All other uses require permission from Special Collections and University Archives.
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Swine Barn in winter...
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Item 4 of 6
- Title:
- Swine Barn in winter
- Creator:
- Iowa State University
- Description:
- In a wintertime scene, the Hog Barn is seen in the distance through the trees. According to an interoffice communication from William F. LaGrange this photograph shows the barn as located on the north side of fampus in the early 1920's, north of the Women's Gym and close to the railroad tracks. The road shown in the photograph came up to the Dairy Building and the Agricultural Annex.
- Source:
- Iowa State University. Facilities Planning and Management records, 1859 - 2015
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Swine Barn in winter", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
- Reference Link:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/historic-buildings/items/buildingprofile0054.html#cornerstones0105
Rights
- Rights:
- This item is protected by copyright and related rights. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses, please obtain permission from Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Photograph looking down the...
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Item 5 of 6
East Hall; Carpenter Shop; Power and Heating Plant; Hog Houses
- Title:
- Photograph looking down the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway tracks
- Date:
- 1913
- Description:
- Photograph looking northeast past East Hall and down the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway tracks. In the distance a piece of the Carpenter Shop (Judging Pavilion #3) can be seen to the left of the tracks and the Power and Heating Plant can be seen behind where the tracks curve east. Annotation: ''East Hall, judging pavilion, power & heating plant, hog house. May 5, 1913.''
- Source:
- Iowa State University. Facilities Planning and Management records
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Photograph looking down the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway tracks", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
- Reference Link:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/historic-buildings/items/buildingprofile0054.html#cornerstones0244
Rights
- Rights:
- The Iowa State University Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Aerial view of Margaret...
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Item 6 of 6
Margaret Hall, Meat Laboratory, Botany Hall Addition, Botany Hall, Horticulture Hall and Greenhouse Complex, Cattle Barn (First), Machine Shed (granary), Hog Houses, Morrill Hall, The Hub, Experiment Station Barn, Agronomy Farm Crops Laboratory, Carpenter Shop, Landscape Architecture, Power and Heating Plant, Farm House, Mortensen House, Corner of Agriculture Hall (Curtiss Hall), looking east northeast from the Water Tower.
- Title:
- Aerial view of Margaret Hall and Botany Hall
- Description:
- 1918 or 1919. Margaret Hall, Botany Hall, Morrill Hall, Bookstore, Exp. Sta. Barn, Farm House, Mortensen House, Corner of Ag Hall (Curtiss).
- Source:
- Iowa State University. Facilities Planning and Management records (from SCUA Flickr)
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Aerial view of Margaret Hall and Botany Hall", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
- Reference Link:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/historic-buildings/items/buildingprofile0054.html#cornerstones0262
Rights
- Rights:
- The Iowa State University Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Hog Houses", Campus Cornerstones, Digital Scholarship and Initiatives
- Reference Link:
- https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/historic-buildings/items/buildingprofile0054.html