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It's kind of sad they can't hold onto it but at least there is a conservation easement to protect it from being bulldozed over to make a shopping center or subdivision of McMansions.
I'm hoping someone will want to buy it and keep it as a active farm.
I've shopped at Tuttles' Red Barn many times in the past. Lots of area college students worked the fields in the summers. I think it's unlikely that whoeve buys it will keep it as a working, producing farm. The Tuttles have owned and worked the land for generations with the resources of family and local, personal connections. Any new owner will have to make it a thriving business on top of covering the huge asking price. Just a sad sign of the changing times and passing generations.
Wow, I did not know they were so well known....guess I need to get out more I do hate to see things like this happen. My great grandparents had a cotton farm near Waco and tended to it themselves. My grandparents ended up selling it about 15 years ago(it had been in our family for about 45 years). Guess they call that progress?
I think the state should buy it and preserve it as a national historical treasure and park, similar to the William Randolph Hearst estate in California. They would (should) leave it as is, and if it's a big enough draw for tourists, keep the deli going. I'm sure the spread consists of many multi-generational things, which is a chronological story in itself.
there is a place like this in Florida, though from the 1800's. It was owned by one family and was a working farm. The last surviving relative died and left it to the state. It is outside of Gainsville, florida. I cant remember the name but they have continued it as a historic, living history, working farm. I want to go when they grind the cane this fall for syrup.
I would have thought with the current interest in locally grown produce, this would have been viable. May be it was just too much work.
I think the state should buy it and preserve it as a national historical treasure and park, similar to the William Randolph Hearst estate in California. They would (should) leave it as is, and if it's a big enough draw for tourists, keep the deli going. I'm sure the spread consists of many multi-generational things, which is a chronological story in itself.
Agreed. I think preserving something like this is worth it. Another piece of Americana....
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I do hate to see things like this happen. My great grandparents had a cotton farm near Waco and tended to it themselves. My grandparents ended up selling it about 15 years ago(it had been in our family for about 45 years). Guess they call that progress?
