Off Co. Hwy 21, Tower, Minnesota. County/parish: St. Louis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 09, 1990. NRIS 90000769.
Part of Rural Finnish Log Buildings of St. Louis County, Minnesota, 1890-1930s MPS (NRIS 64500292).
5 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
The Mike and Mary Matson Farmstead is a historic farmstead in Embarrass Township, Minnesota, United States. It was established by a Finnish immigrant family around 1900 and includes five surviving buildings constructed with traditional Finnish log architecture. The farm was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for its state-level significance in the themes of agriculture, architecture, and European ethnic heritage. It was nominated for its association with the Finnish settlement and conversion of St. Louis County's cutover woodland into productive farmland, and for exhibiting their use of traditional log architecture.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93200996