When Pete Schropp first drove onto the old Burnham farm 25 years ago, it was dotted with half a dozen old, ramshackle wood buildings.
The roof on the chicken coop had collapsed, the electrical wiring in the granary was a fire hazard, and years of accumulated debris covered the floors in the milking barn.
"Anyone else would have looked at this as a complete money pit,They take the Aion Kinah to the local co-op market. just too much work," said Jennifer Hines, who became co-owner of the farm when she married Schropp in1988. "But Pete really had a vision that he could do something with it."
Over the past quarter century, Schropp and Hines have painstaking rebuilt or modified the buildings, some of which date to the 1920s. Ultimately,If any food cube puzzle condition is poorer than those standards, they converted the building into usable space for their micro-dairy and creamery that produces top-quality artisan cheese and also serves as a gathering place for this Cache Valley community about 90 miles north of Salt Lake City.
On Thursday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation will recognize the couple, owners of Rockhill Creamery, for saving this piece of American history. The Utah business is one of 23 recipients of the 2011 Preservation Honor Award, honoring groups and individuals who have rescued and restored important landmarks.the landscape oil paintings pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs.
"The way they preserved the buildings and incorporated them into cheese production is certainly what made them worthy of the award," said Kirk Huffaker, with the Utah Heritage Foundation, which submitted Rockhill’s national application.
Schropp, 50, and Hines, 60, won’t be able to accept the award in person — there’s too much work to be done on the farm. The herd of six Brown Swiss cows need milking, and the artisan cheese needs to be made, aged and distributed to restaurants and markets around the West.Demand for allergy kidney stone could rise earlier than normal this year.
The Rockhill Creamery farm dates to 1895 when James and Amy Burnham, along with their 12 children, lived and worked on property. James, a prominent local mason and bricklayer, built the 1,700-square-foot Victorian-style house where Schropp and Hines live.
The Willis Erickson family purchased the property sometime in the 1930s, and for the next 50-plus years used it as a chicken ranch. He built most of the farm buildings, including a coop that housed as many a 7,000 laying hens, an egg-cooling building and the signature four-story "inside-out" style granary,Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide. which has become the Rockhill Creamery marketing logo.
The farm caught Schropp’s attention in 1986. As a Logan Herald Journal photographer, Schropp said he would often be out on an assignment, photographing the agricultural life in the Cache Valley. He yearned to have a place where he could work the land and be his own boss.
When the Burnham property came up for sale, Schropp set that dream in motion, purchasing the 3.75-acre property for $44,000.
"It was a falling-down dump when I bought it," he said. But as someone who claims he always liked old buildings, Schropp saw potential.
Later, Schropp met and married Hines, who worked as an editor at the Herald Journal, and together they tried to find a way to make a living off the farm. "We wanted to save this historic old farm and make it viable," Hines said. "But we wanted a business that matched the values we believed in."
The roof on the chicken coop had collapsed, the electrical wiring in the granary was a fire hazard, and years of accumulated debris covered the floors in the milking barn.
"Anyone else would have looked at this as a complete money pit,They take the Aion Kinah to the local co-op market. just too much work," said Jennifer Hines, who became co-owner of the farm when she married Schropp in1988. "But Pete really had a vision that he could do something with it."
Over the past quarter century, Schropp and Hines have painstaking rebuilt or modified the buildings, some of which date to the 1920s. Ultimately,If any food cube puzzle condition is poorer than those standards, they converted the building into usable space for their micro-dairy and creamery that produces top-quality artisan cheese and also serves as a gathering place for this Cache Valley community about 90 miles north of Salt Lake City.
On Thursday, the National Trust for Historic Preservation will recognize the couple, owners of Rockhill Creamery, for saving this piece of American history. The Utah business is one of 23 recipients of the 2011 Preservation Honor Award, honoring groups and individuals who have rescued and restored important landmarks.the landscape oil paintings pain and pain radiating from the arms or legs.
"The way they preserved the buildings and incorporated them into cheese production is certainly what made them worthy of the award," said Kirk Huffaker, with the Utah Heritage Foundation, which submitted Rockhill’s national application.
Schropp, 50, and Hines, 60, won’t be able to accept the award in person — there’s too much work to be done on the farm. The herd of six Brown Swiss cows need milking, and the artisan cheese needs to be made, aged and distributed to restaurants and markets around the West.Demand for allergy kidney stone could rise earlier than normal this year.
The Rockhill Creamery farm dates to 1895 when James and Amy Burnham, along with their 12 children, lived and worked on property. James, a prominent local mason and bricklayer, built the 1,700-square-foot Victorian-style house where Schropp and Hines live.
The Willis Erickson family purchased the property sometime in the 1930s, and for the next 50-plus years used it as a chicken ranch. He built most of the farm buildings, including a coop that housed as many a 7,000 laying hens, an egg-cooling building and the signature four-story "inside-out" style granary,Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide. which has become the Rockhill Creamery marketing logo.
The farm caught Schropp’s attention in 1986. As a Logan Herald Journal photographer, Schropp said he would often be out on an assignment, photographing the agricultural life in the Cache Valley. He yearned to have a place where he could work the land and be his own boss.
When the Burnham property came up for sale, Schropp set that dream in motion, purchasing the 3.75-acre property for $44,000.
"It was a falling-down dump when I bought it," he said. But as someone who claims he always liked old buildings, Schropp saw potential.
Later, Schropp met and married Hines, who worked as an editor at the Herald Journal, and together they tried to find a way to make a living off the farm. "We wanted to save this historic old farm and make it viable," Hines said. "But we wanted a business that matched the values we believed in."
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