{"nrhp_refnum":"83003109","name":"Knudson, Christen and Johanne, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Clifton on FM 219","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clifton","county":"Bosque County","state":"TX","lat":31.756875799000056,"lon":-97.63877306899997,"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 small altered limestone farmhouse on a hill north of FM 219, about 4.25 miles southwest of Clifton, Bosque County, Texas, believed to have been built around 1870 by Christen and Johanne Knudson.","why_significant":"The nomination holds that the early stone section of the house is significant for its association with the Norwegian settlers of Bosque County. It is also described as a good example of the asymmetrical, two-part type of stone house. The Knudsons arrived in 1868 and were established by the 1870 census.","narrative":"Perched on a gently rolling hill north of FM 219 and west of Turkey Creek, this farmhouse southwest of Clifton in Bosque County was home to Christen and Johanne Knudson, who arrived from Norway's settler community in 1868. The original building was a one-and-a-half-story limestone house with a two-room asymmetrical plan, a sleeping loft, a three-bay facade and a gable-end chimney. A frame extension later widened the front to five bays, and it is now covered in aluminum siding, with a large gabled porch at the center. Despite these changes, the stone core remains intact and the house is still lived in. The 1870 census and farm schedule record the family as established by then, so the stone section was probably built around that time. The house is valued as a good example of the asymmetrical stone house type and for its link to Norwegian settlement in the county. Only the residence is included, since the corn crib and wellhouse were altered.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Asymmetrical two-room stone house type","criteria":[],"status_note":"Good condition and in active use as a private residence; additions and alterations have been made, but the original stone portion remains intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.903631-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/9683/40968371/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003109.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003109/8dc10d39cb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003109/8dc10d39cb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"National Park Service","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KnudsonFarm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">National Park Service</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KnudsonFarm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968371","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000385"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bosque-county/knudson-christen-and-johanne-farm-83003109/"}