Marker Inscription
Ethnic Heritage - European, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Historic Place
Larson, Martin, House
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About this site
Larson, Martin, 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 31.7364, -97.7624 near Clifton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Boggy Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Schultz, Tobias and Wilhelmine, Farm, Reierson, Hans and Berthe, House, and Finstad, Ole and Elizabeth, Homesite.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003111. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Martin Larson House is one of the Norwegian pioneer homes of the Norse Historic District near Clifton in Bosque County, part of the largest Norwegian colony in the American Southwest, settled from 1854 onward. It was documented in the 'Norwegian Settlement of Bosque County' thematic nomination and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgatlas.thc.texas.govnpgallery.nps.gov
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