Daniel F. Akin House

Akin, Daniel F., House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


Nearest city	Farmington, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°40′18″N 93°10′18″W / 44.67167°N 93.17167°W / 44.67167; -93.17167Coordinates: 44°40′18″N 93°10′18″W / 44.67167°N 93.17167°W / 44.67167; -93.17167
Built	1856
Architect	Akin,Daniel F.
Architectural style	Italianate
Governing body	Private
NRHP Reference #	79001223^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 31, 1979

The Daniel F. Akin House is a ca. 1860 farmhouse, located at 19185 Akin Road, Farmington in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The Italianate two-story home built of locally-quarried limestone features a hipped roof with cupola on top. It is an example of the "Country Homes" style of Andrew Jackson Downing, a pioneer in American landscape architecture.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
↑ "Farmington Heritage Landmarks". Retrieved 2008-02-25.
↑ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.

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Municipalities and communities of Dakota County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Hastings

Cities	Apple Valley Burnsville Coates Eagan Farmington Hampton Hastings‡ Inver Grove Heights Lakeville Lilydale Mendota Mendota Heights Miesville New Trier Northfield‡ Randolph Rosemount South St. Paul Sunfish Lake Vermillion West St. Paul

Townships	Castle Rock Douglas Empire Eureka Greenvale Hampton Marshan Nininger Randolph Ravenna Sciota Vermillion Waterford

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Indian reservation	Prairie Island Indian Community‡

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Pierce Butler, U.S. Supreme Court justice
Natalie Darwitz, Olympic Silver Medalist
Ignatius Donnelly, Minnesota's 2nd Lt. Governor
Craig Kilborn, comedian
John Kline, U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 2nd congressional district
Paul James Krause, NFL Hall of Famer
Joan Kroc, philanthropist
Laura Osnes, actress
Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota's 39th Governor
Alexander Ramsey, Minnesota's 2nd Governor
Coleen Rowley, former FBI agent
Henry Hastings Sibley, Minnesota's 1st Governor
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Mississippi River: Adjacent to South St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Rosemount, and Hastings
Minnesota River: Adjacent to Mendota Heights, Mendota, and Burnsville
Vermillion River: From Farmington through Eureka Township to Hastings

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