After a 36-year association, ACC’s board of trustees voted this week to sell Allen Farm.
The project was begun in 1979 with the hope of turning a portion of farmland 5 miles north of Iola into a student-run laboratory for agricultural learning.
It also has served as a student residence since 2000, when, thanks to the financial gifts of ACC alum Richard Zahn, the college constructed a house intended for eight students — four of whom would be recipients of the Zahn scholarship, one of the college’s most lucrative awards, covering housing, tuition, fees and books…
