BLAIRSBURG — There’s no place that Dave and Linda Pruisman would rather call home than this historic farmstead set upon gently rolling hills in northeast Hamilton County. Married in 2004, they are one of at least five couples who were either married onsite or hosted their receptions ...
GARNER — Tim Tusha is the fifth generation on the farm where he and his wife Ellen live between Garner and Duncan, a small community that celebrates its Czechoslovakian heritage. Their farm is two years away from becoming a Heritage Farm. The barn had its beginnings in 1901 when it was ...
HUBBARD — The barn on the Keith and Deb England farm is built into a hillside, making it a bank barn. The lower level of the barn is where the livestock are kept, and the upper level, which is a haymow, has a large door at ground level, providing easy access for farm equipment and ...
DAKOTA CITY — In some ways, the Humboldt County Historical Museum in Dakota City is a tale of two barns. While the original barn that was built near this property in the early 1880s has been gone for nearly 25 years, a “younger” barn from the 1940s continues to help preserve local ...
IDA GROVE — When Dan Schroeder introduces his horse barn, he does so by saying, ‘There’s a bit of authenticity about it,” and Schroeder couldn’t be more right. “Originally, this barn was just for horses,” said Schroeder. “You can see where the harnesses wore on the wood ...
TITONKA — The year was 1937 and Everet Post had a decision to make. The owner of two barns, Post had one in need of repair and another that was too far gone for repairs. A local carpenter offered to take down the barn in bad shape and use the lumber to rebuild the other barn. “I’ll ...
ASHTON — Nestled on the Martens family farm sits a white barn built in 1896. The Ashton property in Lyon County measures 36 by 96 feet and has been in the same family since it was built. “The land was purchased in 1882,” said Sherry Mitchell. “My kids will be the seventh generation ...
MARSHALLTOWN — Known as the “long horse barn on 30,” the Boriskey barn was built in 1958 featuring laminated curved rafters and native lumber in the horse stalls. Owned by John and Mary Ann Boriskey, the barn now located on U.S. Highway 30 was built by Mary Ann’s family when she ...
GRANVILLE — Joe and Donna Ascherl own this majestic barn, which is on the other side of the road into O’Brien County. “In 1997, we moved to northwest Iowa because we both have farm backgrounds and wanted to raise our kids on a farm,” said Joe Ascherl. “The barn was still in ...
HARRIS — “Our grandparents Henry and Bertha Vellema bought this place in 1955,” said Neal Vellema. “They were diversified, and they had dairy cows in the old section of the barn through the 1960s. My parents Paul and Phyllis Vellema started this dairy in the late 1980s. My brother ...
