Urjans Iverson House
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Urjans Iverson House | |
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The Urjans Iverson House from the southeast | |
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| Location | Off Minnesota Highway 104, Gilchrist Township, Minnesota |
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| Nearest city | Sedan, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 45°27′13.2″N 95°15′19.6″W / 45.453667°N 95.255444°WCoordinates: 45°27′13.2″N 95°15′19.6″W / 45.453667°N 95.255444°W |
| Area | Less than one acre |
| Built | 1866 |
| Architect | Urjans Iverson |
| NRHP Reference # | 82003001[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 11, 1982 |
The Urjans Iverson House is a historic log cabin in Gilchrist Township, Minnesota, United States, built in 1866. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its local significance in exploration/settlement.[2] It was nominated to the National Register for its broad associations with the early settlement of Pope County.[3]
History
The Urjans Iverson House was built in 1866 near Lake Johanna, an early focus of Euro-American settlement in Pope County. Four families had homesteaded around the lake in 1862, but fled the area when the Dakota War of 1862 broke out and didn't return until 1864. The following year the 2nd Minnesota Volunteer Cavalry Regiment constructed an army outpost nearby, one of many short-lived frontier fortifications established after the war due to ongoing fear of Native American attack. Urjans Iverson was one of several Norwegian immigrants to arrive in the Lake Johanna area in the mid-1860s, and he used some logs from the already-abandoned army outpost to build his log house. However Iverson moved southeast to Kandiyohi County in 1868. The following year the Lake Johanna settlers began using the empty cabin as the district's first schoolhouse, and also held church services there until 1874.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Iverson, Urjans, House". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- 1 2 Gimmestad, Dennis A. (September 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Iverson, Urjans, Cabin" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
