Johann Schimmelpfennig Farmstead

	Schimmelpfennig, Johann, Farmstead
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Young America, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°46′39″N 93°52′39″W / 44.77750°N 93.87750°WCoordinates: 44°46′39″N 93°52′39″W / 44.77750°N 93.87750°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1856
Built by	Schimmelpfennig, Johann; Et al.
MPS	Carver County MRA
NRHP reference No.	80001980
Added to NRHP	January 4, 1980

The Johann Schimmelpfennig Farmstead is a farm in Benton Township, Carver County, Minnesota listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The log and wood-framed buildings, built between 1856 and 1909, demonstrate the evolution of Minnesota farmsteads during that era.^[2]

History[]

Johann Schimmelpfennig, his wife Albertina, and his children emigrated to the United States in 1855 or 1856 from Bremen, now part of Germany. They homesteaded a quarter-section in Benton Township and built a log house in 1856. The original subsistence farm included the house, a barn, and a smaller hog barn, all of log construction. Johann expanded the farmstead in the 1870s by building a wood-frame addition onto the house, which was a common pattern throughout the county as farmers became more prosperous. He also built a detached summer kitchen and a larger barn. Also, as agricultural patterns shifted from subsistence and cash crops to livestock and dairy construction, family members accommodated this shift by building a much larger livestock barn in 1909, also of wood-frame construction.^[3]

References[]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Mary Ann Nord (2003). National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota: A Guide. Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 32. ISBN 0873514483.
^ Ted Lofstrom (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form". Retrieved 2016-12-11.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Mary Ann Nord (2003). National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota: A Guide. Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 32. ISBN 0873514483.

[nom-3] Ted Lofstrom (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form". Retrieved 2016-12-11.

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