NE corner of Middlebelt and W. Chicago Rds., Livonia, Michigan. County/parish: Wayne.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 12, 1973. NRIS 73000962.
1 contributing building.
The Wilson Barn (also known as the Ira Wilson Dairy Barn) is a barn located at the northeast corner of Middlebelt and W. Chicago Roads in Livonia, Michigan right by Emerson Middle School. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973. This was the beginning of the Ira Wilson & Sons Dairy Company, a now defunct company (which partnered for a time with Kroger and was ultimately acquired by Melody Farms in 1980). There were several large iconic cow's head sculptures, which were fixtures in the Detroit metropolitan area.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25340734