Midway Barn, Frank Lloyd Wright barn in Wyoming, United States
Midway Barn is an agricultural structure in Wyoming built by a renowned architect with large wooden beams. The interior spaces are designed with open layouts that show how design and farm work fit together.
Midway Barn was built mostly in 1938 and named for its position midway between Taliesin and Hillside. Dairy and machine sheds were added in 1947. Wright and his Taliesin Fellowship apprentices used it from the Fellowship's start in 1932 until his death in 1959, and it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
Midway Barn takes its name from its position midway between Taliesin and Hillside. Wright made farm work part of the Taliesin Fellowship from 1932, and former apprentice Curtis Besinger wrote that he saw it as fundamental to understanding organic architecture. Students still tend the apple orchard and grapevines Wright planted and grow vegetables for their meals.
Midway Barn stands on the east side of a low hill on the Taliesin estate, with Taliesin to the north and west and the Hillside Home School to the south and west. The estate is owned by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, and Taliesin Preservation, Inc. carries out restoration of the buildings and grounds.
The barn's longest wing ends in a round stone milk house, and the chicken coop extends over a drive that leads to an apartment at the north end. The structure has three levels in all, and two concrete-block silos stand south of the coop.
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