13045 Lake Blvd
Lindstrom, MN, USA

National Register of Historic Places - Gustaf Anderson House ( Hermes Real Estate )

Statement of Significance:

The Gustaf Anderson House is significant both for its locally notable Italianate style and for its association with a prominent Chisago County settler and successful speculator. The brick construction and local interpretation of the Italianate style make the house distinctive in a county where the housing stock is dominated by simple frame vernacular structures. The residences reflects the status achieved during the lifetime of its owner, Gustaf Anderson, Anderson immigrated to Minnesota from Sweden in 1864 and later engaged in gold speculation in Montana. He eventually returned to farm in Chisago County, and in 1879 built a brick residence in Lindstrom for his retirement. The house represents the moderate degree of success achievable by the settlers/speculators of the middle and late nineteenth century.