Apr 20, 2013
Foss House
The Foss House is a home in New Brighton, Minnesota, United States, built by Ingeborg and Peder Foss. It is a large 1896 Victorian house featuring a corner tower. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Apr 20, 2013
Posted Date
Jul 13, 2022
Historical Record Date
Apr 20, 2013
Source Name
Wikipedia
May 19, 1983
May 19, 1983
National Register of Historic Places - Foss House
Statement of Significance: The Foss House, located on Silver Lake Road just east of Silver Lake and designed and built ,:circa 1856 by an unknown architect or builder, is historically and architecturally significant as the largest and most intact Victorian house now standing within the municipal limits of New Brighton and as the home of the Foss family, early settlers to the rural area south of the original townsite of New Brighton (incorporated in 1891) who arrived in the area in the late nineteenth century. The land on which the Foss House now stands was originally farmland owned by the Bowers family, farmers who settled near Silver Lake in rural Moundsview Township at least as early as 1874. Legal records indicate that Peder Foss resided on the site in 1885, however an 1886 atlas of the area shows no buildings on the site. In 1894 Josephine Bower(s), a widow, sold to Ingebor Foss (probably wife or sister of Peder Foss) the land on which the house now stands. Based on Ramsey County Tax Assessor's Records, the house is believed to have been built circa 1896, and the house can be positively identified on an 1898 atlas of the area where it is labelled "P. Foss". Little is known of Peder or Ingebor Foss. Peder was born in 1858 and was the son of a Norwegian immigrant to Ramsey County, Ole Foss. Ingebor (d) Foss, was born in 1868, and in 1908 at Ole's death, was listed in probate court records under the name Ingebord Oleson, residing in Rose Township. In 1946, the Village of New Brighton annexed the township land on which the house stands, causing the house to be within the New Brighton village limits. The house was owned by the FOSS Family until 1983 when it was sold.
National Register of Historic Places - Foss House
Statement of Significance: The Foss House, located on Silver Lake Road just east of Silver Lake and designed and built ,:circa 1856 by an unknown architect or builder, is historically and architecturally significant as the largest and most intact Victorian house now standing within the municipal limits of New Brighton and as the home of the Foss family, early settlers to the rural area south of the original townsite of New Brighton (incorporated in 1891) who arrived in the area in the late nineteenth century. The land on which the Foss House now stands was originally farmland owned by the Bowers family, farmers who settled near Silver Lake in rural Moundsview Township at least as early as 1874. Legal records indicate that Peder Foss resided on the site in 1885, however an 1886 atlas of the area shows no buildings on the site. In 1894 Josephine Bower(s), a widow, sold to Ingebor Foss (probably wife or sister of Peder Foss) the land on which the house now stands. Based on Ramsey County Tax Assessor's Records, the house is believed to have been built circa 1896, and the house can be positively identified on an 1898 atlas of the area where it is labelled "P. Foss". Little is known of Peder or Ingebor Foss. Peder was born in 1858 and was the son of a Norwegian immigrant to Ramsey County, Ole Foss. Ingebor (d) Foss, was born in 1868, and in 1908 at Ole's death, was listed in probate court records under the name Ingebord Oleson, residing in Rose Township. In 1946, the Village of New Brighton annexed the township land on which the house stands, causing the house to be within the New Brighton village limits. The house was owned by the FOSS Family until 1983 when it was sold.
Posted Date
Jul 13, 2022
Historical Record Date
May 19, 1983
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
