{"nrhp_refnum":"83003102","name":"Erickson, Even and Petrine, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Clifton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clifton","county":"Bosque County","state":"TX","lat":31.87117093100005,"lon":-97.69026800099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A pioneer farmstead of log and stone buildings about 9 miles northwest of Clifton, Bosque County, Texas, near Bee Creek. It centers on a one-room log cabin said to have been built in 1874.","why_significant":"The cabin is the only completely intact structure of its kind among the Norwegian settlement properties in the nomination. With its log corncrib, log barn, well, cistern and outbuilding, the farm is described as one of the most complete pioneer farmsteads in the settlement. The form also considers it worthy of archeological investigation.","narrative":"Nine miles northwest of Clifton, near Bee Creek and about half a mile south of State Highway 22, sits a Norwegian settler farmstead built around a one-room log cabin. According to the family now living nearby, the cabin was erected in 1874, and an 1876 land patent roughly supports that date. Its irregular logs were hewn flat on both faces, chinked with stone and plastered, and the corners use saddle, V and half-dovetail notching. A small plastered stone lean-to with a tall chimney was added at the rear. The farm also retains a log barn, a log corncrib, a stone-lined cistern, a hand-dug well, sections of stone fence and many old agricultural implements. The house is largely unaltered and in fair, stable condition. The cabin is the only completely intact example of its kind among the related Norwegian settlement properties, and the farm is considered one of the most complete pioneer farmsteads in the settlement, with potential for archeological study.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Log and stone vernacular construction (no formal style named)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Unoccupied; present use listed as storage and agriculture. The house is virtually unaltered and in fair but stable condition, with grounds somewhat overgrown.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.780797-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/9683/40968358/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003102.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968358","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001674"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bosque-county/erickson-even-and-petrine-farm-83003102/"}