Plainview Farms in Wolcottville, Indiana, possesses a rich history that began in 1854 when it was established by three brothers. Sam, Jacob, and Reuben Myers purchased the first 80 acres where they would grow corn, oats, wheat, and soybeans.

Reuben’s son, Frank Meyers, collected stones as a child in hopes of eventually building a farmstead. Frank, along with a hired hand and stonemason, built the house and barn that still stands today after a long 40 years of collecting stones.

Frank, his wife Nellie, and their family became the first to occupy the three-story house, completed in 1923. The house and barn took nearly 5 years to complete, using oak, mahogany, birch, and birdseye maple hardwood.

The house also features an impressive staircase, sterling silver chandeliers transported by railroad from Toledo, Ohio, and a third-floor ballroom that still includes a piano lifted in through an upper window before the house was completed.

Along with providing storage for family artifacts, the ballroom has served as a central gathering space, hosting square dances, graduations, weddings and other family celebrations.

Frank’s great-grandson, Frank Evers, and his wife Evelyn raised their nine children in the farmhouse, where the couple still lives, overseeing farm operations with their son, Mark Evers, his wife Christie, and children Nathan, Emily, Andrew, and Olivia.

The surrounding landscape and the lettering on the 1950s Harvestore silo inspired the family to name the property Plainview Farms.

Throughout the generations, the farm has grown and evolved as commodity and livestock markets have fluctuated over time.

The barn first housed milk cows as Plainview Dairy in the ‘20s and ‘30s. Frank and Evelyn resumed dairy operations in 1975. They constructed a milking parlor and added a second concrete silo, turned hog farrowing pens into calf pens, and converted horse stalls into maternity pens.

In 2002, they transitioned out of dairy cattle due to slim profit margins, first raising replacement dairy heifers for other farms, and then expanding into a herd of Angus and Texas Longhorns.