Stahly–Nissley–Kuhns Farm

[2] The Kuhns farm includes the farmhouse, a bank barn, a windmill, a "grossdaadi haus," (grandfather house), an outhouse, a food drying house, a bake oven, a smokehouse, a root cellar, a hoghouse, and a garden plot.

The windmill and root cellar are structures, which were supportive of human activities.

The windmill was used to generate power; the root cellar was related to food storage.

[2] Closely associated with the farmstead is a cider mill, which was operated by the Kuhns family.

The mill building was moved onto the property by the family around the turn of the century.

The mill's physical relationship with the rest of the farmstead is diminished because of the buildings which have been moved onto the property.

[2] The kitchen is on the west side of the stair; the living room is on the east.

A medicine cabinet is located in the living room is typical of an Amish house.

These were for the use of Amish neighbors who gathered here on Sunday when it was the family's turn to host services.

On the west wall of the room is a door, which exits onto the rear porch.

This, the house's largest bedroom, has bracketed shelves, intended for the display of objects.

This open section, or porch, has doors leading into the kitchen, cellar, master bedroom, and west addition.

[2] Extending from the west end is a one-story shed roof addition with a concrete foundation constructed in the 1920s.

This addition adjoins an earlier, east section, and consists of three rooms.

The two southernmost rooms comprise the original house, built by Moses Stahly in 1874.

[2] The hoghouse, north of the main house, has a concrete foundation, a standing seam metal, gable roof, and vertical board siding.

[2] The garden plot is south of the food drying house and the outhouse.

[2] The Farm represents the lifestyle of the Nappanee-area Amish during the late 19th and early 20th century.

The vast majority of Amish farms in the Nappanee area have been altered to some degree in the name of home improvement.

[2] The Indiana Historic Sites and Structures Inventory for Elkhart County (1976) identified two Amish farms in the Nappanee area.

Farmhouse on the Stahly–Nissley–Kuhns Farm, Amish Acres, Nappanee, Indiana
Stahly Bank Barn, Stahly–Nissley–Kuhns Farm, Amish Acres, Indiana
Farm plan of the Stahly–Nissley–Kuhns Farm at Amish Acres, Indiana. Based on the plan provided in the nomination documents for the Nat'l Register of Hist. Places.