Welcome to The Baker Farm House - Leave your cares at home and relax in this stunning historic home
We offer accommodations for up to 8 guests - hot tub - fire pit - minimum 2-night booking (3 night on holidays bookings - click our menu "Price Quotes/Reservations" below for more details on this home!!
About The Baker Farm House
The Baker Farm House and Property have survived 6 generations from 1884 to the Present. The current owner is Michael H. Baker and the amazing Patti. They now reside nearby and are opening this amazing home to you and yours.
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The Farm operation consisted of corn, wheat, and barley fields as well as a small livestock operation of poultry, Guernsey cows, and a hog lot.
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The main house acquired plumbing around 1953, as well as the lower wrap-around addition accommodating a larger kitchen, living room, and bathroom. The large living room at present time was originally two separate rooms. The stairway was moved from the center of those rooms to its present location. The lower front porch was removed and the large columns installed in 1985 bringing the Baker Farm House to Present Day.
There is much family history here, as the Baker Farm House was a working farm that employed many men around the year. Fond memories of homemade hearty meals made by loving hands daily, gathering at the table with the farmhands to eat breakfast, dinner in the fields, and supper in the evening after a long hard day's work. It was not an easy life, but this house was always filled with family, employees, friends, and much love.
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We hope that you will feel the history of The Baker House and make wonderful memories with your friends and family!
About the Owner
Mike was born on New Years Day in 1961 on one of the coldest Winters his parents said they had ever seen. His entire life was spent on the farm. As a young boy, many hours were spent venturing into the nearby woods to build tree forts and catch crayfish from the nearby creek. As he grew older many chores replaced the free time of his younger years, as that is the life of living on a farm. His grandmother, who lived at the farm with the family, instilled lessons of respect, good work ethics, and taught him how to cook. She also taught him how to NOT skip on the daily chores, his reminder being the lilac (switch) bush in the yard.
As time has passed, the fond memories remain, but most of the older and no longer needed buildings have been removed. The farm has operated on a much smaller scale, planting produce rather than housing livestock. Closing the family mill lumber company after four generations of operation, Mike has worked for Southern States Co-op for 26 years as a propane service tech.