Nelimark, Erick and Kristina, Sauna

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.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Erick and Kristina Nelimark Sauna

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.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93201001

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