Joseph Brown House Ruins

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Joseph Brown House Ruins
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Nearest city:	Sacred Heart, Minnesota
Coordinates:	44°45′1.18″N 95°19′27.93″W / 44.7503278, -95.324425Coordinates: 44°45′1.18″N 95°19′27.93″W / 44.7503278, -95.324425
Built/Founded:	1861
Architect:	Leopold Wohler
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Added to NRHP:	August 03, 1986
NRHP Reference#:	86002838^[1]
Governing body:	State

The Joseph R. Brown State Wayside Rest is a National Scenic Byway Wayside Rest area. It is located on Renville County Highway 15, south of Sacred Heart, Minnesota and is also referred as the Farther and Gay Castle

It displays the granite ruins of Joseph R. Brown's home from 1862. Brown, his mixed blood wife and twelve children lived in this home, which was a center of hospitality along the Minnesota River Valley. The three-story home was then considered a mansion compared to normal pioneer homes. It was destroyed during the Minnesota Sioux Uprising on August 19, 1862. Brown's family was spared because of his wife's Native American heritage. Brown himself was a politician, inventor, publisher and Indian Agent.^[2]

[edit] References

^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.

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Joseph R. Brown State Wayside Rest, MN

Coordinates: 44°45′01″N, 95°19′28″W

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