“Mom and Dad, we're getting married!”
We heard it twice in January 2015.
Our two oldest kids both got engaged that January, and both thought it would be incredible to get married on our farm. It's been in our family for seven generations.
We'd talked about restoring the old 1915 barn for years. It just never made it to the top of the to-do list. Now Tim had his motivation, and since the barn turned 100 that year, the timing was perfect. A cousin and her fiancé booked it too. It was the summer of all summers for weddings.
After all that fun, we decided to open the barn up so everyone could enjoy it. Tim kept it rustic, with lots of old family memorabilia, and added a wall where every bride and groom carves their names and wedding date.
We had a lot of help from family, neighbors and friends, and we're grateful to every one of them for the time, energy and love they put into the old barn.
The barn was the centerpiece of a working farm. Now it gets to be part of a lot of love stories. Oh, if only Grandma and Grandpa could see it now.
Tim & Susan Schafer
A hundred years in five lines.
- 1915
The barn goes up on the family farm northwest of Adair. It's the center of a working farm for the next hundred years.
- 2015
Two of our kids get engaged within weeks of each other. Tim restores the barn for its 100th birthday and three family weddings that summer. After that, we open it to other couples.
- 2017
Couples need room for bigger guest lists, so we start building Barn on the Hill on the north edge of Adair.
- Since
St. John's Chapel, Seely Creek Cabin and places to stay join the family.
Still family-run. Still on the farm.
When you book with us, you're working with Tim and Susan and the people who help them. Come walk the barns and meet us.