Historic Markerville Creamery Museum

The Markerville Creamery has supported the  community for over 100 years, first as a cash crop market for homesteaders and now as a museum and coffee shop. In the peaceful unique hamlet of Markerville, you can learn how history and culture are being kept alive by the Stephan G Stephansson Icelandic Society.

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Restored to represent 1932

Giant Cream Can Monument

Creamery Staff Welcome

Historic Fensala Hall

Fensala Hall has provided a gathering place for the community in good times and bad,for over 100 years. Today you can rent the fully restored original 1903 building with its addition containing modern conveniences and full wheelchair accessibility. Fensala is the perfect venue for your family gathering,meeting or wedding.Seating capacity 80-100, theater style 120-140.  Fensala Hall is "Your Markerville Event Headquarters".

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Fensala Hall-restored with a modern addition

 

Fensala Hall Jam Session

Historic Markerville Lutheran Church

Open daily in the summer or by request, this lovingly cared for little church welcomes all to spend a quiet moment. It is available to book for weddings, family reunion services or special events, seating 100 people. Built in1907 by  local Icelandic pioneers it has served as the community spiritual anchor over the years.

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Markerville Lutheran Church

Ken Sveinson rings the church bell

Doll Sisters sing in the church

Tindastoll Cemetery

Tindastoll cemetery sits on a small,quiet rural hill top with trees and birds, offering  a scenic backdrop and a soothing setting in times of need. Opened in 1894 and still active, it is now part of the Icelandic Society, another historical place held in trust for future generations.

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Tindastoll Cemetery Gate

Grave marker with family

At Rest

Show & Shine June 20

June 20 Show & Shine! We welcome everyone to show up at 10 AM with their wheels-no entry fee. Open Jam Session runs from 2-4 on our outdoor stage on the beautiful Creamery lawn. Of course we will have a concession set up in addition to the services that are always available at the Historic Markerville Creamery Museum, including guided museum tours & ice cream.

The Historic Markerville Creamery Museum is nestled in a peaceful hamlet bordered on either side by the Medicine River. Relax at a picnic table on the Creamery grounds after you have a guided tour of the Museum and learn how butter was made in the 1930's. Visit the gift shop and order a lunch in the Kaffistofa(coffee shop) and  have some traditional Icelandic dessert or a delicious ice cream cone. Get  your picture taken while you sit on or milk one of our interactive 'cows' on display, or play a game with our bean-bag-bull.

Take a walking tour map from the Museum and  read the plaques that are visible in each yard to describe what buildings were originally on that land during the peak of commerce in Markerville. While you wander through the hamlet, you can let the kids play on the modern playground that is right next to the hall. You can take photos by the giant cream can or the newly renovated Historic Church that is  available for event and wedding rentals.