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The '''Reuben Freeman House''' is a unique home, sporting eight [[gable]]s, 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 home, sporting eight [[gable]]s, 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>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Houses in Dakota County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Houses in Dakota County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Dakota County, Minnesota]]

Revision as of 04:49, 4 June 2016

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 home, sporting eight gables, that was built 1887 in Inver Grove Heights in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Freeman was a 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.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  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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