Nov 20 2009
Photo Friday: Not Your Typical Farm
When driving in rural America, the farmsites usually don’t vary a lot. Sure, the farmhouses may have been built in different eras, but as a whole, they are usually quite conservative in design. And the barns will be red or white or faded to gray, with not a lot of variation.
Once in awhile, however, a farmsite that’s unique will appear on the horizon, entirely different from its neighbors.
This one caught my eye as I drove through Iowa, just past a Lutheran church that could very well have had the same architect as my home church had. Lutheran churches tend to vary in architecture about as much as farmsites do, I suppose.
At first I saw a section of green and wondered if green steel siding was all that was available for a quick-and-necessary repair.
Then I got closer, and saw, along with the green, a section of purple.
By then I was intrigued. I pulled to the side of the road when I saw the house, waiting until a turning feed truck passed before snapping a shot.
That’s not your typical Iowa farmhouse, is it?
It makes me wonder who lives there. What’s the story? Is it someone who fled a big city and purchased a farm site in Iowa, but missed the uniqueness of the urban area? Is it a farm family, native to the area, who just liked to shake things up a little? Was it a construction project that started out by accident, and then became artful?
I may never know the story behind this farm, and that’s probably better, for it leaves to my imagination all the possibilities of someone who would have a barn that’s part purple and part green in a land of red and white.
I wonder.
really not your typical iowa farmhouse
What town was this in? I might have to play detective and figure out who lives there. It’s beautiful!
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Jenni, it was just north of Knierim. If you click through to the photo of flickr, I mapped the location. If you find out the story, please let me know!
Looks like a Frank Lloyd Wright of farmers, eh? I love it when people put their own style in design. So intriguing.
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Except for the barn in the back I would have taken it for a farm or lifestyler in New Zealand. Intriguing.
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New Zealand, huh? Interesting!
Super interesting! It must have been quite the sight after seeing so many of the “usual” style farmhouses.
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Too cool!
Unique architecture fascinates me, and it would be interesting to discover the story behind this house. Thanks for sharing.
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