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Round barns grace campus

Phyllis Coulter
Oct 21, 2019
Oct 21, 2019

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Round barns never really became the trend they were expected to be at one time, even with the push of a land-grant university. Now the remaining round barns that did pop up in the Midwest countryside hold an appealing uniqueness.

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