Flint Creek Farm

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Flint Creek Farm Historic District
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Location State Highway 1, Field Township, Minnesota
Coordinates 47°51′45″N92°48′36″W / 47.86250°N 92.81000°W / 47.86250; -92.81000
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Builtc. 1910–1915
NRHP reference No. 89000139 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 1989

The Flint Creek Farm is a historic farm in Field Township, Minnesota, United States. From 1915 to 1933 the farm was owned by executives of the area's largest lumber company as a side venture supplying food and hay to the company's lumber camps. Three buildings and a windmill tower are still standing from this period. [2]

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Background

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as the Flint Creek Farm Historic District for its local significance in the themes of agriculture and industry. [3] It was nominated as one of only two known surviving Minnesota farms established to supply a major lumber company (the other being the Ann River Logging Company Farm in Kanabec County). It was also nominated for its associations with its two owners, influential Virginia and Rainy Lake Lumber Company executives Samuel J. Cusson (c. 1862–1919) and Chester H. Rogers (1866–1933). [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Roberts, Joe; Norene Roberts (November 4, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Flint Creek Farm Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 10, 2019.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) With six accompanying photos from 1987
  3. "Flint Creek Farm Historic District". Minnesota National Register Properties Database. Minnesota Historical Society. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2019.