Mar 02, 2008
Reuben Freeman House
The Reuben Freeman House is a unique home, it sports eight gables and was built 1887 in Inver Grove Heights in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Freeman was a German immigrant farmer who collected stones from his acreage to build his coursed fieldstone house. Bottle glass adorns the masonry around the second-story windows, further proving his eccentricity.
Reuben Freeman House
The Reuben Freeman House is a unique home, it sports eight gables and was built 1887 in Inver Grove Heights in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Freeman was a German immigrant farmer who collected stones from his acreage to build his coursed fieldstone house. Bottle glass adorns the masonry around the second-story windows, further proving his eccentricity.
Mar 02, 2008
Posted Date
Jul 07, 2022
Historical Record Date
Mar 02, 2008
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Dec 31, 1979
Dec 31, 1979
National Register of Historic Places - Reuben Freeman House
Statement of Significance: The Freeman House is significant both as a unique vernacular architectural design and as a rare example of coursed fieldstone construction in Minnesota. Little is known about Reuben Freeman, a farmer of German descent who built the house in about 1875, but he obviously was a man unfettered by convention. While many 19th century houses in Minnesota are builders catalog styles that rarely deviate from traditional forms, Freeman's eight-gabled structure shows imagination in both design and construction method. The walls of the square house are built of coursed fieldstone puddled with mortar; a masonry technique uncommon in the area. The principal gables do not rise from the corners but are inset by several feet, and smaller secondary gables rise at an angle over the corners of the house. This roof design has no discernible function except visual effect. The structure appears ready to soar from the earth on the wings of its curious roof.
National Register of Historic Places - Reuben Freeman House
Statement of Significance: The Freeman House is significant both as a unique vernacular architectural design and as a rare example of coursed fieldstone construction in Minnesota. Little is known about Reuben Freeman, a farmer of German descent who built the house in about 1875, but he obviously was a man unfettered by convention. While many 19th century houses in Minnesota are builders catalog styles that rarely deviate from traditional forms, Freeman's eight-gabled structure shows imagination in both design and construction method. The walls of the square house are built of coursed fieldstone puddled with mortar; a masonry technique uncommon in the area. The principal gables do not rise from the corners but are inset by several feet, and smaller secondary gables rise at an angle over the corners of the house. This roof design has no discernible function except visual effect. The structure appears ready to soar from the earth on the wings of its curious roof.
Posted Date
Jul 07, 2022
Historical Record Date
Dec 31, 1979
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
