For the second time since 2021, a piece of Loveland history is changing hands. Timberlane Farm, established by the pioneering Osborn family 140 years ago, is now under contract to a Windsor-based custom home builder with some historical Loveland roots of its own.

“My mom’s side of the family was the Franks, a farming family that knew the Osborns well,” said Tyler Robbins, President of Robbins Contracting and graduate of Mountain View High School. “There’s a pretty direct family tie there.”

Though just 11 acres today, Timberlane Farm was once part of a large homestead along the Big Thompson River settled by Judge William Osborn and his family in the 1860s. The judge’s son, Milo Yates Osborn, moved to the northern part of the property, along what is now First Street, in the 1880s, building the two-story red brick home for his growing family. The yellow frame house, also fronting First Street, was added by Milo Yates’ son, Milo Kenneth, in 1916, followed by accessory structures, including a large barn, in the 1930s.

Timberlane was a working farm until 1999, when Milo Kenneth’s daughter, Louise Gardels, made the decision to sell off most of the acreage and open the historic buildings on the property to the public. However, the southern part of the property remains in the family and is now recognized as one of the state’s oldest Centennial Farms — a title given to agricultural properties that have remained in the same family for a century or more.

The Timberlane Farm Museum opened in 2006, with original furnishings and family artifacts on display throughout the structures. In 2008, the property was officially designated by the city as a historic district.