As we celebrate the colony family’s 99 years of farming by sharing our family with yours at these special events: From two different corn mazes, a giant slide, and a pumpkin bounce slide, along with 40 different pumpkin varieties to pick and take home, there is something for everyone at colony acres. Colony acres family farm, north liberty 13,116 likes · 161 talking about this · 9,621 were here Colony acres was planted 99 years ago As part of each family’s farmstead, a magnificent barn was raised, a sturdy square structure 32′ by 32′ and soaring 32′ high
Today these colony barns are an iconic reminder of what has been called the last great pioneering adventure in america. This gallery includes photos containing images of the barns associated with the matanuska colony project. The inside of the barn was partitioned into areas of various sizes, and a storeroom under the steep stairwell which accessed the hayloft. 1150 front st., north liberty, iowa While four or five colonist farmers constructed their barns of the rounded “barrel vault” roof design, most of the over two hundred colonists chose the highly recognizable design that we now often refer to as the “colony barn” style. Colony acres is a family owned farm right in the heart of eastern iowa's busy corridor offering families an affordable place to reconnect with each other and create memories to last a lifetime.
Standing at the southwest corner of the barn is a wooden silo reaching up above the lower edge of the roof.
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