Marker Inscription
Ethnic Heritage - European, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Historic Place
Shefstad, Gunarus and Ingerborg, House
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About this site
Shefstad, Gunarus and Ingerborg, 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 31.7947, -97.5846 near Clifton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Site of Clifton Mill (historical marker), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Clifton Whipple Truss Bridge, Clifton College Administration Building, and Oswald Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003125. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Gunarus and Ingerborg Shefstad House is one of the surviving Norwegian-immigrant dwellings in the Norse settlement of Bosque County. The Shefstads were part of the community that grew from the 1854 arrival of Norwegian families and made the Clifton area the largest Norwegian colony in the American West. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 1983.
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Nearby in Bosque County
Historical Marker
Site of Clifton Mill
Clifton · 2002
Historical Marker
Clifton Whipple Truss Bridge
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Historical Marker
Clifton College Administration Building
Clifton · 1982
Historical Marker
Olson, Joseph
Clifton · 1986
Historical Marker
Clifton Lutheran College
Clifton · 1975
Historical Marker
Oswald Cemetery
Clifton · 2000
Cemetery
Clifton Cemetery
Bosque County
Historic Place
Bekken, J. H., House
Clifton · 1983