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Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form; Selected Swedish Farmsteads of Porter County, Indiana; NPS Form 10-900- B; Kenneth R. Dodson, July 10, 1994
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on east and west sides are original with the hay loft doors on both the north and south walls. A large vehicle door on north was added at a later time.
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Farm House - The house is a frame construction. It has two stories in a rectangle. The material was purchased from
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work crew one weekend. By Sunday, the barn was completed. The barn is a small, two-story building of
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Peter Larson
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immigrant Peter Larson was a successful carpenter from
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Barn - A family story tells of Pete, bringing home an
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160:Houses in Porter County, Indiana
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165:Swedish-American history
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98:Dutch door
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