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The Barns at Nappanee, Home of Amish Acres, formerly known solely as Amish Acres, is a tourist attraction in Nappanee, Indiana, created from an eighty-acre (thirty-two-hectare) Old Order Amish farm. The farm was purchased in October 1968 at auction from the Manasses Kuhns’ estate. The farm was homesteaded by Moses Stahly in 1873. Moses was the son of pioneer Christian Stahly who emigrated from Germany with his widowed mother Barbara and three brothers to the southwest corner of Elkhart County in 1839; making them, perhaps, the earliest Amish settlers in Indiana.
Amish Acres opened to the public in June 1970 after more than a year of restoration. The complex grew to include the original nine buildings, two relocated log buildings, an ice house, a mint distillery, a maple sugar camp, an apple cider mill, a one-room school, and a blacksmith shop. Three bank barns and the Round Barn Theatre have also been moved to the property. The original farmstead is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Amish Acres featured guided house and farm tours, a narrated wagon ride, domestic craft demonstrations, a 400-seat family style restaurant, a 200-seat Barn Loft Grill, 400-seat repertory musical theatre, the 64-room Inn at Amish Acres and 66-room Nappanee Inn.
Amish Acres closed at the end of 2019;[1] The Barns at Nappanee restaurant and retail shop opened May 15, 2020, with other parts of the facility expected to open subsequently.[2]
- ^ Fedorow, Denise (November 15, 2019). "Amish Acres closing at year's end". The Goshen News. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
- ^ Shown, Mary (May 15, 2020). "LaSalle Farm & Table opens today inside new The Barns at Nappanee". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved May 16, 2020.