Morrow Plots, University of Illinois
United States historic place in Urbana, Illinois. Added to the National Register in 1968, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Morrow Plots is an experimental agricultural field at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Named for Professor George E. Morrow, it is the oldest such field in the United States and the second oldest in the world. It was established in 1876 as the first experimental corn field at an American college and continues to be used today, although with three half-acre plots, instead of the original ten. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark on May 23, 1968. The fields are managed by the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences.
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The record
| Property type | Site |
| Address | Gregory Dr. at Matthews Ave., Urbana, IL |
| County | Champaign County |
| Listed | May 23, 1968 |
| Reference number | 68000024 |
| Type of place | field, laboratory |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Gregory Dr. at Matthews Ave., Urbana, IL |
| Coordinates | 40.10448, -88.22587 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument · 78 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in Champaign County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 68000024. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.