RECORD

Piggery (Ames, Iowa)

URI:
https://digital.lib.iastate.edu/isulv/items/isun0384.html
Preferred form:
Piggery (Ames, Iowa)
Alternative forms:
Hog Barn (Ames, Iowa)
Term type:
Authority Corporate Name
Vocabulary:
Iowa State University names
Language of term:
eng
Start date:
1866
End date:
1922
Definition:
Preferred form of name for use in Iowa State University Library metadata.
Usage:
Use this name to describe resources about the hog houses located at the corner of Wallace and Beach that were constructed in 1866 and destroyed by fire in 1885, and the replacement hog houses that were constructed slightly south-west of that location in 1891 and that burned in 1922. Do not use this name to refer to the Hog Barn and Pavilion constructed at the corner of Wallace and Osborn or for other hog houses located around the Iowa State campus. Review and assign related terms as appropriate.
History:
Term added to ISULV, 2025-12-19. Based on the sources cited, Metadata Services recommends this form of the name over other variants.
Associated locations:
Iowa--Ames
Related terms:
Hog Barn and Pavilion (Ames, Iowa)
Source:
Etching of the Piggery from 1884 catalog, 1884 (Piggery) https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w93b5wg13; Iowa State University campus and its buildings, 1859-1979, 1980 (Hog Houses) https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9wc4p
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Rights:
http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/