Sherry and I would love to share our
family farm with us (my mother was born on this farm nearly
100 years ago). Escape to the solitude of a restored 150-year-old
farmhouse on 100
The farmhouse features a large, fully equipped country kitchen
with a double- pedestal oak table that seats ten. The table in
the entry-dining room will seat another six. There are many family
antiques throughout the house. There is a large living room,
a reading and TV room with a queen-sofa, two full baths, four
bedrooms, one family room with a queen and two twin beds, another
with a queen and two with double size beds. The large dairy barn
has been sandblasted clean inside and has two full floors of
additional space for sleeping or gathering. Tent and RV camping
on the grounds is always a possibility for guests.
The Faris Farm Retreat is located near Union Mills in northwestern
Indiana 10 miles south of LaPorte. Lake Michigan & Michigan City
are 25 minutes north of the Farm. South Bend is a 35 minute drive.
And Chicago is a 90 minute drive or an easy train ride from Michigan
City. We are about 2 ½ hours north of Indianapolis.
For more information or reservations, please calll Ross or
Sherry Faris at 317 251-4130
acres of rolling farmland.
A half-mile private lane winds through woodland and marshland,
over a spring-fed creek and up a hill to a cluster of historic
farm buildings. Far from the nearest road or house, explore
a 100-year-old dairy barn, milk house, smoke house and
corn crib. You can walk or cross-country ski on trails
through picturesque oak and hickory woods. Or sit on the
porch swing to read and view crop and marshland nearby,
beautiful evergreen and hardwood forests on the eastern
horizon and fields of corn and beans on the western one.
Deer, fox, coyote, wild turkeys, blue herons, red-tail
hawks and barn swallows have all been sighted at the farm.
Spend a few moments on the bridge that spans a crystal-clear
creek, an ideal location to spot local wildlife or simply
to contemplate the beauty of nature.
