Gust Laituri Homestead

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Laituri, Gust, Homestead
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Nearest city Lake Fork, Idaho
Coordinates 44°51′40″N116°04′41″W / 44.86111°N 116.07806°W / 44.86111; -116.07806 Coordinates: 44°51′40″N116°04′41″W / 44.86111°N 116.07806°W / 44.86111; -116.07806
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Builtc.1905
Built byGust Laituri
Architectural styleFinnish Log Structure
MPS Long Valley Finnish Structures TR
NRHP reference No. 82000368 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1982

The Gust Laituri Homestead, in Valley County, Idaho near Lake Fork, Idaho, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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It was built by 1906 by Gust Laituri, who died in 1906. [2]

It is a Finnish Log Structure in Long Valley, Idaho. It is about 15 by 30 feet (4.6 m × 9.1 m) in plan. It is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Lakefork, Idaho off Pearson Road. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Idaho State Historical Society Inventory: Gust Laituri Homestead". National Park Service . Retrieved September 24, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 1980