![]() Main floor mudroom offers 1st floor laundry, custom cubbies exteriors access. Oversized storage room offers access to your garage providing exterior access. A full theatre room with seating, custom, curved wet bar, game room and exercise/bonus room. ceiling, heated floors and 9" crown molding. Expertly finished basement boasts an 11ft. Two additional, full bathrooms & 2nd laundry room complete your second level. Additional bedrooms with unique features including custom built-ins, vaulted ceiling & a turret ceiling are featured. Spa like master bath with jacuzzi tub and walk-in shower. Step through a double door entrance into your regal master suite with a tray ceiling. Majestic family room with a boxed beamed ceiling & fireplace flanked by custom cabinetry & a wall of windows showcasing your backyard. Chef's kitchen with high- end appliances, granite counters, Shiloh custom cabinetry & walk-in pantry Eating area leads into your breathtaking sunroom where you will be surrounded by natural light. Featured are 4 bedrooms with 3.2 baths and over 6,000 sq. Prepare to be wowed from the moment you drive up to your new home. The Barkei house was moved to 14 Sauk Circle and the barn remains in its original setting on Wilson Road.There are too many features to list in this custom built Ed Saloga Design Build home! From the boxed beamed ceiling in the family room to the 9" crown molding to the curved & expansive kitchen island to the covered entryway with a custom, curved door to greet you. Gilbert and his family attended the Farmers Picnics but, sadly, he passed away in the fall of 2010. Son Robert and Grandson Brandon continue the history of family farming in Illinois. Only by having hired help could a farmer take a vacation.Īfter the Barkei farm was sold to the state of Illinois in 1969, Gilbert and his family moved west to Steward, Illinois (they grow soybeans and corn). Since dairy farming was quite difficult for just one man, Gilbert always hired extra help for his dairy, and also for planting and harvesting his crops to feed his livestock. ![]() he had to feed the cows with the hay, oats and corn that he grew, Gilbert switched to grain farming because he was growing older and it was less work than dairy farming which took constant care and oversight. Although the two types of farming went together, i.e. He continued machine-assisted dairy farming for a number of years until he decided to switch to grain farming. Gilbert was the biggest shipper at that time, on the route. When Gilbert bought the Lehman farm around 1950, he used it as a dairy farm, filling and shipping 25 milk cans a day. Gilbert left Wheaton in 1947 to rent the 160-acre farm on Wilson Road (site 70) from the owner, Clayton Lehman, who inherited the land from his father Wilton Lehman who was killed by a bull on the property. Gilbert married Barbara in 1943 and they had four children, two boys and two girls. ![]() ![]() Gilbert, the oldest son of Louis and Anna, was born in 1918 in Naperville. Louis and Anna raised a family of ten and farmed that land until it was sold to Bell Labs in 1963. ![]() A few years later, Andrew bought a nearby farm along Naperville Road and farmed it until 1917 when his son, Louis, married Anna Feldott. Andrew started farming in 1885 along Warrenville Road, north of Naperville. Around 1880, Andrew Barkei, and his two brothers William and Henry, immigrated to America from Gutersloh, Germany. ![]()
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