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Show u, Architect/Builder: not known Building Materials: frame Building Type/Style: vernacular ft ——————————————————!————————————————————————————————————————————————'———————————————————'————————-———- £ Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: V (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) Gabled Facade "T" type house. "Brick-tex" composite siding over frame. Statement of Historical Significance: D Aboriginal Americans D Agriculture ErArchitecture D The Arts O Commerce O D D D D Communication ! . Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry D D D D D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D D D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation Significant as an example of later nineteenth-century vernacular building in Spring. Unspectacualar but typical dwelling. Oral tradition associates this house with A. Edmund Sahlburg.. The local story is that Sahlburg built the two house located here on lot 1 for his plural wives. Court records, however, seem to exclude Sahlburg from the west half of the lot. The west one-half of lot 1 block 5.6 was oringally deeded to Erick Sandstrom. Sandstrom sells it to Elizabeth Herman for $50 in 1890. In 1892, Carl Christensen buys the lot for $225, and later, in 1904, the lot is acquired by Peter Lundquist for $400. Andrew Thompson buys in 1905 for $500. 1890-1892 witnesses jumping in value, 1892-1904. The house could have been con structed for Wlizabeth Herman in the 1890 to 1892 period. |
