Illinois' Teeple Barn Destroyed

摘要

Two days op strong winds toppled thernhistoric Teeple Barn in Elgin, Ill., on May 25. Designed in 1885 by locally prominent architect W. Wright Abell, the l3,500-square-foot dairy barn utilized X-bracing to maintain the stability of its 8o-foot tall structure. The building's unusual 16-sided configuration is thought to be a product of simple practicality-the lumber that original owner Lester Teeple had on hand wasn't long enough to construct an 85-footrniameter structure with the then-typical eight ides.