W of Whitehall on CR 728, Whitehall, Illinois. County/parish: Greene.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 26, 1982. NRIS 82002536.
Part of Round Barns in Illinois TR (NRIS 64000180).
1 contributing building.
The Virginia Tillery Round Barn is a round barn located on County Route 738 west of White Hall in Greene County, Illinois. The barn was built in the fall of 1912 for farmer Harry C. Price. With a 36 feet 6 inches (11.13 m) diameter, the barn is relatively small for an Illinois round barn; the median diameter of Illinois round barns was 60 feet (18 m). Its size suggests that it served as a general-purpose barn, not a dairy barn like the state's larger round barns. Brown tile blocks were used to build the barn, which is topped by a wood shingle roof with a cupola.
Hay was taken in through the door above the barn's north entrance.
The barn was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1982. It was one of several barns added as part of the Round Barns in Illinois Multiple Property Submission.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891150