Jct. Twnshp. Rds. 615 and 21, Tower, Minnesota. County/parish: St. Louis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 09, 1990. NRIS 90000770.
Part of Rural Finnish Log Buildings of St. Louis County, Minnesota, 1890-1930s MPS (NRIS 64500292).
1 contributing building.
The Erick and Kristina Nelimark Sauna is a historic Finnish sauna in Embarrass, Minnesota, United States. It was built around 1930. The sauna was listed 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 reflecting the area's settlement by Finnish American farmers and their use of traditional log construction.
The sauna is preserved on the grounds of the Nelimark Homestead Museum.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93201001