Mike Yankovich Homestead Barn - University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK - Barns on Waymarking.com

The barn is currently in use by the L.A.R.S. staff and you can only view it if you are a student working at the Research Station or pay to take the tour. The tour is well worth the $10.00 and it helps feed the animals.

The "below ground level" portions of the Barn are made of stone to support the upper wooden level.

Here is a little history on the builder of this barn: Mike Yankovich was a farmer, experimenting in Siberian wheat. Farming the precursor of the Muskox Farm, known today as the University of Alaska Fairbanks Large Animal Research Station, he used to enjoy bringing milk for kaymak, the soft Montenegrin cheese of his youth, to various Yugoslavian families.

This barn and all of the other buildings and the land property were donated by the Homesteader, Mike Yankovich to UAF on Oct 12, 1963.

Construction: Combination Is this a 'working' barn?: Other (describe below) Other: The barn is currently used to store feed and shed antlers from the Reindeer Herd here at the L.A.R.S or officially known as UAF Large Animal Research Station Distinctive Features: Other (describe below) Other Distinctive Features: This is an Alaska Homestead Barn but in its former life (according to the guide) acted as a Subterranean house for Mike Yankovich (the homesteader) and he stored his crops and stabled his animals in the above-ground portion. Rating - Please Rate this Barn:

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