{"nrhp_refnum":"83003112","name":"Linberg, Eric and Martha, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Clifton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clifton","county":"Bosque County","state":"TX","lat":31.785161205000065,"lon":-97.67775223099994,"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 stone farmstead on a bluff overlooking the Meridian Creek valley, about 6 miles west of Clifton in Bosque County, Texas. The stone house was begun in 1861 by Eric Linberg, and the property also has a large stone barn and two small sheds.","why_significant":"The nomination points to the stone house as evidence of the skill of Eric Linberg, one of three early masons in the Norwegian settlement. His son Martin, a postmaster and general store operator in Norse, lived there after 1901. The large stone barn is described as of outstanding architectural note.","narrative":"Perched on a bluff above the Meridian Creek valley about six miles west of Clifton, this stone farmstead reflects the work of Norwegian settlers in Bosque County. Eric Linberg began the large stone house in 1861, and four years later he married Martha Ringness. The house was presumably enlarged as the family grew. Linberg was one of three early masons in the settlement, and what remains of the house shows something of his skill. Tornadoes around 1900 and in 1976 damaged it, so its original layout is hard to determine; it was a split-level building with a one-room cellar dug into the hill. After a nearby bungalow was finished in 1913, the family used the house as a barn. Linberg's son Martin, who served as postmaster and ran the general store in Norse, lived here from 1901. A massive split-level stone barn on the north side of the hill is still in use and in excellent condition. Two small sheds also contribute. The farm complex is abandoned, but the land is still cultivated.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Eric Linberg (builder, mason)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The farm complex is described as abandoned in recent years, though the land is still cultivated. The house was badly damaged by a tornado in 1976, and the barn remains in use and in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.020181-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/9683/40968377/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003112.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968377","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000388"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bosque-county/linberg-eric-and-martha-farm-83003112/"}