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An Intensive Historical Site Survey of the Washington Prairie Settlement A INTENSIVE HISTORICAL SITE SURVEY OF THE WASHINGTON PRAIRIE SETTLEMENT i By the Winneshiek Historic Preservation Commission Courthouse Decorah, Iowa 52101 July 10, 1990 By Steven L. Johnson, principal investigator, Rev. Donald Berg, historian, and Charles Langton, photographer. This project has been funded with the assistance of a matching grant-in-aid (i.e., Contract No. 19-89-40045A.007) from the State of Iowa, Bureau of Historic Preservation, through the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, under the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966; the opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Department of the Interior. Acknowledgements This survey is a cooperative effort by the Iowa Bureau of Historic Preservation, the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors (CLG), Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and Winneshiek County Historical Society. A special thank you goes to Lowell Soike, historian for the state preservation office; Rev. Donald Berg, historian for the project; Wayne Wangsness, David and Elaine Hegg, members of the Washington Prairie Church Historical Committee; Rev. Richard Sansgaard, minister at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church; Charles Langton, project photographer. The Norwegian-American Museum deserves a thank-you for giving staff time to assist with the project. The survey crew would like to express its appreciation to the members of the Washington Prairie area for their time and work in completing this project. Table of Contents I. Abstract II. Introduction A. List of Si tes B. Map of Sites C. Elisabeth Koren's 1850s Map III. Survey Research Design A. Survey Objective B. Description of Area Surveyed C. 1875 Map of the Area D. 1886 Map of the Area E. 1905 Map of the Area F. 1985 U. S. Geological Survey Map G. Methodology IV. Survey Results A. 1886 and 1905 Plats of Nordness, Iowa B. United States Migration Map C. Iowa Norwegian-American Settlement Map D. List of Building Dates E. List of Building Types F. List of Building Materials G. List of Potential National Register sites V. Survey Recommendations APPENDIXES Appendix A: Survey Letter and Questionaire Appendix B: Iowa Site Inventory Form Appendix C: Bibliography of Scandinavians in Iowa at the State Historical Society of Iowa Abstract The Washington Prairie project is an intensive-level architectural and historical survey of parts of four townships located in Winneshiek County: northeast Springfield <11 sections), northwest Frankville (3 sections), southwest Glenwood (1 section), and southeast Decorah (2 sections). The Washington Prairie area, with the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church as its hub, was the first settlement of Norwegian-Americans in the county, served as a "mother" community for other Norwegian-American settlements, and has remained a cohesive ethnic community for over 139 years. The area includes the sites of the first school (1852) and church (1855) in the county. The Washington Prairie log schoolhouse was built one year prior to the construction of a school in Decorah, Iowa. The Lutheran Church is said to be the first Norwegian Lutheran Church built west of the Mississippi river. Two buildings documented in this survey are significant enough to be included in the Outdoor Division of Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum — the Egge log house and a log paroch i a 1 schoo1. This report deals with historical and architectural significances of the Washington Prairie settlement. The purpose of this survey is to collect information for determining the level of eligibility of this area regarding its nomination to the National Register. A total of forty sites are included in this survey: twenty-one farmsteads, five sites in the village of Nordness, four schoolhouses, three churches, two parsonages, two cemeteries, one slaughterhouse, one creamery, and a pioneer monument. The survey resulted in completing seventy-two new inventory forms, and incorporating existing data from five sites previously surveyed and two National Register sites. The principal theme for the surveyed properties is the ethnic Norwegian-American character of this region. Secondary themes would include settlement, architecture, and agriculture. Many of the farm buildings reflect the farm economy' which was orignally wheat production, but which had turned to dairy by the 1880s. The Jacobson farm, with its change from subsistance farming practices to dairy operation, is representative of this area. This change is also reflected by the three cooperative creameries in the settlement. The sites themselves, some of which have buildings of exceptional integrity, reflect common building practices and materials, builders' indentities, and architectural themes. Eight stone and six log structures were uncovered in this project, and these structures typically represent the earlier period of settlement in this area. The results Of this survey indicates a multiple property nomination of the Washington Prarie Settlement would be the best option for National Register status. Of the seventy-nine sites only eighteen properties should be classified as potentially key structures. The remainder of the sixty-one sites should be considered contributing to the project. The total number of non-contributing sites in the surveyed area would be two-hundred-forty. Future work for this project would be threefold: the survey of additional sites on the eastern portion of the settlement, further historical research work, and nomination of the eligible properties to the National Register. Introduction The Washington Prairie Survey Project is sponsored by the Winneshiek County Historic Preservation Commission, and the Iowa Bureau of Historic Preservation. Walter Langland, chairman of the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors, represented the county certified local government in requesting this grant. The Winneshiek County Historical Society provided the local cash match in funding this project. The minister and the historical committee from Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, in part, provided the neccessary in-kind local matching funds. Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum contributed some staff time to assist with the completion of this survey. The purpose of this project called for the surveying of historical properties in the Washington Prairie settlement. The properties were recorded, photographed, researched, and evaulated, based upon their architectural or historical significance. One of the aims of this survey was to determine if the sites merited district, multiple resource, or individual status for nomination. Utilizing the existing historical knowledge of members from Washington Prairie, a priority list was formed containing forty sites from an area of seventeen square miles with the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church at its approximate center. The village of Nordness, twenty-one farmsteads, four school sites, three churches, two parsonages, two cemeteries, one slaughterhouse, one creamery, and one pioneer memorial were included in this survey. The intensive architectural/historical survey of Washington Prairie was conducted in the eleven northeast sections of Springfield township, three northwest sections of Frankville township, two southwest sections of Glenwood township, and two southeast sections of Decorah township. i. SITE LIST FOR THE WASHINGTON PRAIRIE PROJECT Spring 1990 Name *Location **Status 1) EGGE LOG HOUSE SITE T98N RAW 6 SWSW C 2) ROVANG PAROCHIAL SCHOOL SITE T97N R8W 15 NWSW C 3) NORTH WASH. PR. CHURCH SITE T98N R7W 3 1 SWSW C 4) BRANHAGEN SCHOOL SITE T97N R8W 11 SENW C 5) RED OAK CREAMERY SITE T97N R8W 12 SWSE C 6) FIRST SCHOOL(LOG) SITE T98N R8W 36 SESE C 7) SPILDE SLAUGHTERHOUSE SITE T97N R8W 3 NWSW C 8) Washington Prairie Lutheran Church T97N R8W 12 NWNW N 9) Church Parsonage T97N R8W 12 NWNW N 10) Arthur Branhagen Farm T97N R8W 11 NESW N/C 11) David Hegg Farm T98N R8W 35 SENW N/C 12) Joseph Berge Farm T98N R8W 36 SESE N/C 13) Bruvold North Farm T97N R8W 1 NENE C 14) Bruvold South Farm T97N R8W 14 NWSE C 15) Opdahl Cemetery(So. Bruvold) T97N R8W 14 NWSE C. 16) Howard Viste Farm T97N R7W 7 NESW N 17) Andrew Bakke Farm T97N R7W 5 SWNW C 18) Howard Johnson Farm T97N R7W 6 SESW N 19) Gene Sivesind Farm T97N R8W 12 NESE N 20) Ernest Soland Farm T97N R8W 12 NENE N/C 21) Torgri m Farm T97N R8W 11 SWNE N 22) John Hegg Farm T97N R8W 2 NESE C 23) Loman Farm T98N R8W 35 SWSE C 24) "Apple" Loman Farm T97N R8W 2 NWNW C 25) Davis Johnson Farm T97N R8W 10 SWNE N/C 26) Bergan Farm T97N R8W 2 NENW C 27) Clement Farm T97N R8W 1 NWSW C 28) Spilde Log House(Lyon) T97N R8W 3 SWNE N/C 29) Pioneer Monument T98N R8W 36 SESE C 30) Nordness Telephone Exchange T97N R8W 10 NWSE C 31) Wayne Huinker Farm T97N R8W 9 NENE N 32) North Washington Prairie Cemetery T98N R8W 36 SESE C 33) Nesheim Farm T98N R8W 34 NESE N/C SITES ALREADY SURVEYED IN THE AREA 34) Red Oak School T97N R8W 11 NESE C 35) Nordness Creamery T97N R8W 10 NWSE C 36) Nordness School T97N R8W 10 NWNE C 37) Nordness Blacksmith Shop/Residence T97N R8W 10 NWNE C 38) Nordness Johnson General Store T97N R8W 10 NWSE C NATIONAL REGISTER SITES IN THE AREA 39) Washington Prairie Methodist Church T97N R8W 11 NESE N 40) Jacobson Farmstead T97N R8W 2 SENE N * The quarter section is listed first in the above locations. ** Status indicates N for National Register or C for Contributing. SITE LIST FOR THE WASHINGTON PRAIRIE PROJECT Spring 1990 Originally the survey was to include a larger area defined by the historical records of the Little Iowa Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation to which Washington Prairie settlement belonged. Because of the large area involved, the local advisory committee of Rev. Richard Sansgaard, Rev. Donald Berg, Wayne Wangsness, and Steven Johnson reduced the survey area to a core area immediately adjacent to the Church grounds. The book, The Diary of Elisabeth Koren, which contains a 1850s sketched map of the vicinity, was used in establishing the boundaries.
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