Ben Bonderson Farm

Ben Bonderson Farm
Location 1541 270th St., Emerson, Nebraska
Coordinates 42°16′45″N 96°38′30″W / 42.279167°N 96.641667°W / 42.279167; -96.641667Coordinates: 42°16′45″N 96°38′30″W / 42.279167°N 96.641667°W / 42.279167; -96.641667
Area 20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built 1883, 1895, 1909
Built by Wigle, Jesse; Bonderson, Ben
NRHP Reference # 06000993[1]
Added to NRHP November 8, 2006

The Ben Bonderson Farm was established by 1883. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

It included eight contributing buildings and two contributing structures.

The farmhouse of the property is a large white building built in three phases, in 1883, 1895, and 1909. The central portion was built in 1883.[2]

The property has a drive-in T-shaped crib barn which was built in 1915, a brooder house, a wash house, and a chicken house. The property has a gabled granary and a hay barn.[2]

A horse barn once existed but collapsed and was removed.[2]

The original house was built by early settler Jesse Wiggle, who sold the property in 1891 to Swedish-born Ben Bonderson (1862-1943) for $12.00 per acre. Hilda Peterson (1875-1968), born in Sweden, married Bonderson in 1895. The two raised six children while living and working on the farm.[2]

It is a well-preserved family farm with eight buildings and two structures dating back to 1883.[3]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Stacy Stupka-Burda (August 16, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ben Bonderson Farm" (PDF). National Park Service.
  3. ↑ Stupka-Burda, Stacy (2006-08-16). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ben Bonderson Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2013-02-23.


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