Marker Inscription
Ethnic Heritage - European, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Historic Place
Bekken, J. H., House
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About this site
Bekken, J. H., House is a historic place in Clifton, Bosque County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 35 historic places documented in Bosque County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 131 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7967, -97.6137 near Clifton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Shefstad, Gunarus and Ingerborg, House (historic place), about 1.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Wilson Homesite, Clifton College Administration Building, and Olson, Joseph.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003095. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The J. H. Bekken House stands northwest of Clifton in the Norse Historic District of Bosque County, the heart of the largest Norwegian settlement in the American Southwest. Beginning in 1854, thousands of Norwegian immigrants settled a triangular area extending some eighteen miles from Clifton toward Cranfills Gap. The Bekken House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 1983, as one of the farmsteads documented in the 'Norwegian Settlement of Bosque County' thematic nomination.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgatlas.thc.texas.govnpgallery.nps.gov
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