Kookiemonsta
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- May 6, 2013
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Good afternoon!
I need a hand with the last step of my hunt for a date on an old farmhouse. We have a property up north (MN) that has a large foundation in the side of a small hill which was created with concrete and field stones. Quite large. There is also what appear to be a spring that was contained in a separate area in the basement. Anyone run across this before? I may have some pics... I will dig around. First realized there was about a 2ft puddle of water there late last year, CLEAR water. Every time since then its still 2ft deep and pristine. Smart builders back in the day!
Back to my point....
I have found plat maps from 1884 of the area and it all belonged to the US govt. Then on the plat map from 1910 you can see it was parceled off. I know of the owners from approx the 1950s and on. So this house was build sometime between 1884 and 1910. I have the name of the individual who bought it as well as the specific parcel information.
There has to be a property/purchase record I could locate with this info, right?? Or maybe something like a city listing? I could see when that individual moved into the area.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Couldnt find any pictures on my phone... but this is a 1930 aerial showing the house. There looks to be some outbuildings as well. We have only ever found the foundation and then a large copper well pump sticking out of the ground. Tried to jump on is but it must be filled in
Also on this search I found the old schoolhouse!! I cant wait to get back up there and see if I can get permission. I bet there will be pennies galore! Schoolhouse would have went in somewhere 1910 or so as well.
I need a hand with the last step of my hunt for a date on an old farmhouse. We have a property up north (MN) that has a large foundation in the side of a small hill which was created with concrete and field stones. Quite large. There is also what appear to be a spring that was contained in a separate area in the basement. Anyone run across this before? I may have some pics... I will dig around. First realized there was about a 2ft puddle of water there late last year, CLEAR water. Every time since then its still 2ft deep and pristine. Smart builders back in the day!
Back to my point....
I have found plat maps from 1884 of the area and it all belonged to the US govt. Then on the plat map from 1910 you can see it was parceled off. I know of the owners from approx the 1950s and on. So this house was build sometime between 1884 and 1910. I have the name of the individual who bought it as well as the specific parcel information.
There has to be a property/purchase record I could locate with this info, right?? Or maybe something like a city listing? I could see when that individual moved into the area.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Couldnt find any pictures on my phone... but this is a 1930 aerial showing the house. There looks to be some outbuildings as well. We have only ever found the foundation and then a large copper well pump sticking out of the ground. Tried to jump on is but it must be filled in
Also on this search I found the old schoolhouse!! I cant wait to get back up there and see if I can get permission. I bet there will be pennies galore! Schoolhouse would have went in somewhere 1910 or so as well.
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