May 15, 2025
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A look at centennial farms – keeping 100 year-old farmsteads, history alive

The former tavern at Garfield Farm and Tavern. (Shaw Media)

The former tavern at Garfield Farm and Tavern. (Shaw Media)

Suburban sprawl can be seen behind one of the barns at Mike Kenyon and his family's 180-cow dairy farm in South Elgin on a farm bought by his great-grandfather in 1873. (Sandy Bressner)

Corron Farm in St. Charles was settled by Robert Corron in 1835, and the home pictured was built in 1850. In 2002, Campton Township purchased the farm as open-space property. (Photo provided)

Mike Kenyon and his family operate a 180-cow dairy farm in South Elgin on a farm bought by his great-grandfather in 1873. (Sandy Bressner)

Mike Kenyon, secretary/treasurer of the Kane County Farm Bureau, operates a 180-cow dairy farm in South Elgin on a farm bought by his great-grandfather in 1873 (Sandy Bressner)

Mike Kenyon and his family operate a 180-cow dairy farm in South Elgin on a farm bought by his great-grandfather in 1873. (Sandy Bressner)

An 1840s barn at Garfield Farm and Tavern. (Shaw Media)

Corron Farm in St. Charles was settled by Robert Corron in 1835. In 2002, Campton Township purchased the farm as open-space property. (Photo provided)

Mike Kenyon, secretary/treasurer of the Kane County Farm Bureau, operates a 180-cow dairy farm in South Elgin on a farm bought by his great-grandfather in 1873 (Sandy Bressner)

An aerial photograph of Corron Farm in St. Charles. Robert Corron settled on the property in 1835. In 2002, Campton Township purchased the farm as open-space property. (Photo provided)