Barn # 252 Elliot Clark Barn
Dungeness
East side of Clark, south of Anderson
Bonnie View Farm was settled in 1853 and patented in 1869, by pioneer Elliot Clark. The main house was built in 1890, and the first barn around the same time (by William King, Elliot's uncle) near the trees to the east. A second barn was put up just east of the house. Those first barns are long gone; the current barn was built in 1922 at a cost of $2,400. It has 10,000 square feet of floor space and a height of 48 feet. There is a Bed and Breakfast there now, with an interesting bit of history.
In 1942 they started raising tulips, with 5 acres dedicated to the crop. This grew to 40 acres comprising 10 million bulbs in 2000 varieties. The tulip business ended around 1953, although the stray flower still pokes up once in a while. The Clarks have also been hosts to 2500 turkeys, and spent a few years growing peas (until an infestation of army worms put an end to the local pea business).
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Read more about this barn:
| Vintage tractors break ground for barley |
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| White Paper: Deer in the Tulips |