William and Estella Adair Farm

The William and Estella Adair Farm, named the Broadacre Farm in 1922, is a 115-acre dairy farm in Carnation, Washington that illustrates the evolution of a typical dairy farming operation in the Snoqualmie Valley. Established in 1910, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[2]

Adair, William and Estella, Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Adair Farm
Location	27929 NE 100th St., Carnation, Washington
Coordinates	47°41′05″N 121°57′50″W
Area	115 acres (47 ha)
Built	1910 (1910)
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
MPS	Dairy Farm Properties of Snoqualmie River Valley, Washington MPS
NRHP reference No.	02000249[1]
Added to NRHP	March 22, 2002

History

The farm was established in 1910 on the west bank of the Snoqualmie River. Structures on the property include a Craftsman bungalow residence, a hay barn, milk house, milking parlor, woodshed, and other outbuildings.

The residence, built in 1915, is a ​1 ¹⁄₂-story wood-frame bungalow with a side gable.[2] The hay barn, added in 1922, is notable as the earliest extant example in the Snoqualmie Valley of the use of the bow truss or Gothic arch for the roof.[3]

One of the first milking parlors in the county was installed at Broadacre Farm in about 1950.[4] The milking parlor and milk house are part of a complex of four adjoining buildings. The complex, with additions made through the 1990s, is integrated with the hay barn.[2]

The Adairs sold the Broadacre Farm to Peter Sinnema in 1945. Sinnema expanded the existing farm complex by constructing loafing sheds on either side of the bam, adding a new tank house, and building a new Surge six-in-a-line milking parlor, one of first to be installed in the valley. Later additions include large detached loafing sheds, a new herringbone milking parlor designed for 16 cows, and a modem milk house with a 22,000 gallon tank. [2]

For many years, Broadacre Farm was the site for the annual Snoqualmie Valley Pioneer Picnic, which the Adair family first hosted in 1923.[3] Broadacre Farm was a working dairy farm until the mid-1990s.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Florence Lentz (September 2000). National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Adair, William and Estella, Farm. National Park Service. Retrieved February 16, 2019. With ten accompanying pictures taken in 2000
3. "DAIRY FARM PROPERTIES OF THE SNOQUALMIE VALLEY". King County Landmarks and Heritage Commission.
4. "HISTORIC AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY & INVENTORY" (PDF). Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.