Thanks to Ellen Pulskamp-Turner the original Pulskamp homestead in Franklin County, Indiana is now owned by Barry E. Pulskamp and Pamela J. Pulskamp of Cincinnati, Ohio.\u00c2\u00a0 Barry is a descendent of John Henry Pulskamp, the third son of Herman Heinrich Pulskamp, who purchased the land in 1845.<\/p>\n
For the last year or so Barry and his wife had been considering the purchase of a small farm in southwestern Indiana as a vacation retreat or second home.\u00c2\u00a0 They had driven around and looked at several properties, but nothing had appealed to them.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s until Barry talked to Ellen Pulskamp-Turner in September, 2007.\u00c2\u00a0 Ellen was in Cincinnati to plan for the first Worldwide Gathering of the Pulskamps and had visited the original homestead.\u00c2\u00a0 While Ellen was there she noticed a for sale sign on the property.\u00c2\u00a0 She later posted a blog on the Pulskamp website mentioning it.\u00c2\u00a0 When Barry saw that the property was for sale, he told his wife, “Pam, this was meant to be”.\u00c2\u00a0 They met with the seller, visited the property several times and negotiated for almost two months.\u00c2\u00a0 The seller, Rodney Dirkhising, was very attached to the property.\u00c2\u00a0 He had invested a lot of sweat equity into the barn and garage building.\u00c2\u00a0 The quality of his work is outstanding.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The Pulskamps finally closed on January 19. 2008.\u00c2\u00a0 They are now the proud owners of the Pulskamp homestead.<\/p>\n
The original homestead property was 80 acres.\u00c2\u00a0 It was divided into tow sections in July, 1995 when it was sold to Mr. Dirkhising.\u00c2\u00a0 One section is approximately 32 acres, the other is approximately 48 acres.\u00c2\u00a0 The 32 acre section was where the original house, barn and wells were located.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Barry and Pam have purchased the 32 acre property.\u00c2\u00a0 It currently has a small concrete block house, large garage building and an 8 stall horse barn.\u00c2\u00a0 The barn was built about 8 years ago and sits on the foundation of the first barn.\u00c2\u00a0 The concrete block house was constructed in the 1940’s.\u00c2\u00a0 It is positioned in front of the location of the original farmhouse which was destroyed by fire.\u00c2\u00a0 The foundation of the original farmhouse can still be found in the pasture behind the current house.\u00c2\u00a0 There are also two wells on the property.\u00c2\u00a0 The original well is not in use and is located near the site of the original farmhouse.\u00c2\u00a0 The second well is in use and is nearer to the current house.<\/p>\n
The house sat empty for two or three years and is in need of a lot of work.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Barry and Pam plan to eventually replace it and add a pond near the house and barn.\u00c2\u00a0 The property will be available to visit during the Worldwide Gathering of the Pulskamps in August, 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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