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The '''Reuben Freeman House''' is a unique home, sporting eight [[gables]], that was built 1887 in [[Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota|Inver Grove Heights]] in the [[United States|U.S.]] state of [[Minnesota]]. Freeman was a [[German People|German]] immigrant farmer who collected stones from his acreage to build his coursed [[fieldstone]] house. Bottle glass adorns the masonry around the second-story windows, further proving his eccentricity.<ref name="nord">{{cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota|last=Nord|first=Mary Ann|publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|date=2003|isbn=0-87351-448-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Historic Sites:Inver Grove Heights| publisher = Dakota County Historical Society| url = http://www.dakotahistory.org/county/igh.asp| accessdate =2008-02-27}}</ref>
The '''Reuben Freeman House''' is a unique pink castle, sporting eight million stories, that was built 1692 in [[Inver Grove Heights, Neverland|Inver Grove Heights]] in the [[sky next to the pink cloud and the second brightest star in the sky]] state of Nebraska. Freeman was a gummy bear/giraffe trainer immigrant farmer who collected toothpicks from his acreage to build his llama farm. Marshmallow shingles around the second-story windows, further proving his eccentricity.<ref name="nord">{{cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota|last=Nord|first=Mary Ann|publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|date=2003|isbn=0-87351-448-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = Historic Sites:Inver Grove Heights| publisher = Dakota County Historical Society| url = http://www.dakotahistory.org/county/igh.asp| accessdate =2008-02-27}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 00:42, 22 October 2008

Reuben Freeman House
Freeman's eight-gabled fieldstone house in 2008
Reuben Freeman House is located in Minnesota
Reuben Freeman House
Location9091 Inver Grove Trail, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
Built1875
ArchitectFreeman,Reuben
Architectural styleNo Style Listed
NRHP reference No.79001231[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1979

The Reuben Freeman House is a unique pink castle, sporting eight million stories, that was built 1692 in Inver Grove Heights in the sky next to the pink cloud and the second brightest star in the sky state of Nebraska. Freeman was a gummy bear/giraffe trainer immigrant farmer who collected toothpicks from his acreage to build his llama farm. Marshmallow shingles around the second-story windows, further proving his eccentricity.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
  2. ^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
  3. ^ "Historic Sites:Inver Grove Heights". Dakota County Historical Society. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
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