Ag Heritage Park:  History

As described in Inside Ag Hill, The People and Events that Shaped Auburn’s Agricultural History from 1872 through 1999 (Stevenson & Yeager),

Construction on the Dairy Barns with silos, a livestock barn, and two dairy farm residences (only one of which remains) was completed in 1929. Stevenson states that the two silos adjacent to the Red Barn were not part of the original construction. However, to preserve the look and feel of original architectural and agricultural significance, these icons remained when the Red Barn was rebuilt.

The houses, built in 1939, were originally located where the Athletic Complex now sits and were later moved across the street to the current site to provide residences for the herdsman and the creamery manager.

Only memories and a couple of photos remain as proof, but for a number of years there were tugboats on this site. To help with post-World War II housing limitations, male students occupied 93 tugboat deckhouses - each measuring 17 feet long, 7 feet wide, 7 feet high, with a 7x7 foot pilot house for the upstairs. The structures were sold in 1949.