411 6th St S
Stillwater, MN 55082, USA

Harry and Mae Farmer House

This Craftsman style dwelling was constructed circa 1916 for Harry R. and Mae Farmer. The two-and-a-half-story, L-shaped house is located in the Thompson Parker and Mowers Addition of Stillwater. The frame residence rests on a rock-faced cut limestone foundation and has clapboard siding on the first floor and square cut wood shingles on the second story. Hipped roof dormers on the side elevations punctuate the cross-gable roof. This house features wide eaves with exposed rafters and triangular shaped knee braces, characteristics of the Craftsman style. The Craftsman style was popular in the United States in the early twentieth century. Prior to constructing this house, Harry and Mae, and Harrys father Henry C. Farmer resided nearby at 418 6th Street South. For many years Harry worked in the garage at the Ford Motor Companys sales and service department, located at 124 2nd Street South. After Harry passed away in 1942, Mae continued to live in the house through the mid 1940s.