The Barn At Blockton

06/27/2024

🇺🇸The colors of the flag are symbolic. Red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice.❤️🤍💙

06/10/2024

You’ll never have to worry about bringing enough clothes or taking dirty clothes home!! Here in The Barn at Blockton we have full laundry facilities available 24/7.

05/22/2024

05/05/2024

This is one of the 2 bedrooms plus a loft sleeping area that we have here at The Barn. As seen in the picture the one wall is done with authentic all original barn boards and beams. It’s complete with this gorgeous vintage dresser with mirror and a closet (not shown). Check out the caged ceiling fan light fixture!!
Here at The Barn we strive to make you feel right at home!!

04/17/2024

Did you know in addition to sleeping quarters The Barn offers a full kitchen!! And the best part is it’s open to the living and dining room areas so you don’t miss anything while in the kitchen!!

03/26/2024

Whether you’re passing thru or here for a stay no need to worry about getting your work done!!
This quiet corner of The Barn offers a library/office area complete with free WIFI.
And while working at the desk you can enjoy these old posters from both the MORMANTOWN & BLOCKTON centennial.
A little history is that MORMANTOWN was founded and in 1888 the town name was changed to BLOCKTON.
Needless to say this little town has celebrated not 1 but 2 centennials!
So you can’t use work as a reason not to visit!!
Summer dates are filling up so reach out and get your visit booked today.

03/10/2024

Just look at how fun the loft area is!! Perfect spot for the kiddos. It serves as both a play area and sleeping location. Look at the real branch railing—don’t mistake it for being weak because it’s anything but. Don’t have little ones visiting with you — consider this another sleeping area! Check out the real barn boards covering the walls and notice the beams used still have the “tie” up rings.
Dates are filling up so get your reservations in now!

02/29/2024

🍪When you have return guests to the Barn Complex and you’ve been gone for 3 days before they check in and they miss the cookies you’d left for them before? Of course, I make some for them as soon as I can🥰

02/15/2024

Are you a guest at The Barn At Blockton and have additional family visiting needing camping facilities? Or looking for a walking trail, a picnic area, fishing or a lake to enjoy? West and North of Blockton less than 2 miles is Sand’s Timber Recreation Area. The area has 7 modern campsites along with primitive camping. It has a nice shelter house, playground and a primitive bathroom area (no shower facitilities). The lake is stocked with bass, channel cat and pan fish. There is a beautiful 2 mile hiking trail around the lake. This is a county maintained area and can be found on MyCountyParks.com Keep this area in mind when you are visiting the area!

01/15/2024

Who remembers BLOCKTON OIL COMPANY???
I found the article in the Centennial History of MORMONTOWN, IOWA book (currently known as Blockton-a story for another time) quite interesting.
Up to the 1961 printing of the book Blockton Oil was the 3rd in sales in Iowa, covering 11 counties in Iowa and 7 counties in Missouri, with a gallonage of nearly 10 million gallons annually! When the business started the towns were serviced via tank wagon drawn by 3 & 4 horses!
You can find this small piece of memorabilia of the Blockton Oul Company in the china hutch located in The Barn.
Another reason to visit and check out all the history it holds!

01/02/2024

These grand doors are the entrance to the back bedroom here at The Barn. All original right now down to the hardware. Any guesses what these doors actually are? If you guessed pocket doors you’re correct. Did any of you have pocket doors in the houses you grew up in? I did but mine was a just one big one. These doors along with the track and rollers were salvaged by Eldon (the original curator) out of an old farmhouse in the Blockton area. The beauties make the perfect doorway for this bedroom!! The Barn holds so many secrets such as this one. If only it could talk…….Come visit us soon and soak up all the history that it holds.

12/21/2023

Another edition of …..

ELDON SALVAGES

When enter the Barn thru the main door you will be welcomed with this amazing sight! The ceiling is directly out the barn on his family farm. All the beams, the wood pegs~~
Complete with the hay trolley and its original track and rope!!
Along with the original “red” barn boards that adorn the bottom 1/3rd of the walls.

If you don’t ever stay at The BARN at least make sure you visit and check out all this amazing history.

12/01/2023

SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS❤️🎄at The Barn❤️

11/11/2023

Another feature at The Barn is this bench made from vintage cast iron industrial stair treads. You can often find these (as seen in the last picture of the ones on the front of The Barn) on old store fronts. The original curator Eldon Stroburg salvaged these from one of the old buildings in Blockton as it was being tore down. He created this bench as a relaxing spot outside The Barn to enjoy watching the traffic.

11/11/2023

Friends,
We had a cancellation…Friday December 8th through the following week is now available 😀 Call or message soon to reserve

10/27/2023

A very focal point when entering The Barn is this huge propeller!! I’m not exactly how tall it is but probably 10’-12’ long.
The founder of The Barn - Eldon Stroburg had a very inventive father Clarke. Clarke was known for his inventions and even had a few patents under his belt. Clarke whittled this massive piece by hand to be used to generate electricity on their farm.
There is soooo much history of our little town right here in one place!!
We can’t wait for you to visit!

10/22/2023

A few of our trick or treaters, the wiener roast and carnival. A nice evening for all ages❤️🎃🍁

10/20/2023

10/20/2023

Come see us! October 21st. We‘ll have candy!!