Stowell-Deicke Farmstead, Huntley

One of the earliest farmsteads in the area, the original Stowell property in Huntley was owned by several prominent area figures through the years. Edwin Deicke, a highly regarded contributor to Huntley’s growth, owned a group of farms that made up 1000 acres on the west side of the village. This farmstead would eventually become part of a five-farm collective known as “Sun Valley Farms”.

Both barn and house were constructed of hand-hewn posts and beams with angled braces mortised and tenoned with wooden pegs. Other outbuildings predate 1880 and have survived on the site, including the silo, a stone-lined well, a stone smokehouse, a chicken coop, and the original grain/corn crib built with square nails.