214 Red River Avenue North
Cold Spring, MN, USA

Ferdinand Peters House

The Ferdinand Peters House is a historic house in Cold Spring, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1907 for one of three co-owners of the Cold Spring Brewing Company. The Ferdinand Peters House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and industry. It was co-nominated with the other two Cold Spring Brewers' Houses, the Eugene Hermanutz and John Oster Houses. Their importance derives from representing industrial entrepreneurship, for their status as Cold Spring's finest houses, and for being the most intact surviving buildings associated with Stearns County's important brewing industry.

National Register of Historic Places - Ferdinand Peters House

Statement of Significance:

The Peter’s house is immediately across from the brewery office and is the largest of the three houses. A verandah extends across the front of the house and around a polygonal tower on the southwest corner. Recessed porches at the southeast corner provide a view of the spacious grounds and pond, Corinthian columns on the front porch give way to less ornate columns at the side and rear. The roof is complex with projecting gables and dormers. The interior of the Peters house is virtually unaltered from the original. Only the most minor changes have been made and extensive natural woodwork is found throughout. The kitchen and baths are original, and the doorbell system is still in use. A two-stall garage is also original.

The Oster house has the recessed rear and side porches seen on the Peters house. The wrap-around verandah on the front is simple and instead of a corner tower, the porch intersects two-level bay windows at each end. The basic hipped roof has several dormers. On the inside, the Oster house approaches the Peters house in wood detailing. The kitchen has been modernized, the garage altered, and a walkway has been attached to the rear of the house.