Wilson Barn information

	Wilson Barn
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Michigan State Historic Site
Location	NE corner of Middlebelt and W. Chicago Rds., Livonia, Michigan
Coordinates	42°21′53″N 83°19′55″W / 42.36472°N 83.33194°W
Area	4.8 acres (1.9 ha)
Built	1888
Architect	John H. Paterson
Architectural style	Bank Barn
NRHP reference No.	73000962
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1973
Designated MSHS	November 15, 1973

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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973.^[1]^[2] 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,^[3] which were fixtures in the Detroit metropolitan area.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference state was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Giant cow head". Atlas Obscura.
^ "Milking It". Dairy Field Magazine. Michael George, Stagnito Publishing. April 2001. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ "A Tale of Two Cow heads". Detroitkidshow.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ "Wilson's Dairy" (Photograph). Library of Congress. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ Runyan, Robin (May 20, 2016). "Own the Landmark Dairy Building from 8 Mile for $79K: 'This opportunity comes once in a lifetime'". Retrieved January 4, 2018. The cow head had its fifteen minutes of fame when it appeared in the 2002 Eminem film 8 Mile. The film's producers pried the plywood off the long abandoned ice cream store's windows and gave both the building and the cow a fresh coat of paint. In the film, violent jay and his posse drive in front of the building and shoot the giant cow between the eyes with a pink paintball. The owner of the building at the time didn't want his cow defaced, so the paintball splat was created with computer graphics.
^ "Obituary, Ira Wilson II". Desmond Funeral Home. February 9, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ The dairy was located at 13041 Mack Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. "Ira Wilson Sons Dairy". Mapquest. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[state-2] Cite error: The named reference state was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "Giant cow head". Atlas Obscura.

[4] "Milking It". Dairy Field Magazine. Michael George, Stagnito Publishing. April 2001. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[5] "A Tale of Two Cow heads". Detroitkidshow.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[6] "Wilson's Dairy" (Photograph). Library of Congress. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[7] Runyan, Robin (May 20, 2016). "Own the Landmark Dairy Building from 8 Mile for $79K: 'This opportunity comes once in a lifetime'". Retrieved January 4, 2018. The cow head had its fifteen minutes of fame when it appeared in the 2002 Eminem film 8 Mile. The film's producers pried the plywood off the long abandoned ice cream store's windows and gave both the building and the cow a fresh coat of paint. In the film, violent jay and his posse drive in front of the building and shoot the giant cow between the eyes with a pink paintball. The owner of the building at the time didn't want his cow defaced, so the paintball splat was created with computer graphics.

[8] "Obituary, Ira Wilson II". Desmond Funeral Home. February 9, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[9] The dairy was located at 13041 Mack Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. "Ira Wilson Sons Dairy". Mapquest. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

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