The nearly 640-acre (260 ha) farm includes a number of original buildings as well as many improvements.

[2] In July 2009, a lightning strike ignited a fire which destroyed the large connected complex of barns, the earliest of which were built in the 1870s.

[3] The house and earliest structures were preserved, as were all the modern dairy facilities.

The farm boasts a cutting-edge Holstein milking operation of nearly 2000 cows as well as acreage in corn, wheat, and alfalfa.

He sold the land to the Mulligan family in 1920,[6] and the third and fourth generations are now running the operation.