The property consists of 12 acres (4.9 ha), bound on the south by railroad tracks, the north and east by the Arkansas River, and the west by a grain elevator.

The farm complex is clustered near the western end of the property, with fields to the east.

The house is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, built in 1884 to a design by Kansas architect John G.

In Russia he had been involved in the family business, the raising and milling of wheat.

A de facto leader of a Mennonite emigration and colonization effort, Warkentin purchased over 1,300 acres (530 ha), and established is home and mill here in 1874, while working to assist other German Mennonites in their drive to leave Russia.