{"nrhp_refnum":"83003114","name":"Olson, Joseph and Anna, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Clifton on FM 182","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clifton","county":"Bosque County","state":"TX","lat":31.754216443000075,"lon":-97.66024411899997,"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 farmstead on FM 182, about five miles southwest of Clifton in Bosque County, Texas, centered on a two-story stone and wood-frame house dated 1872, with a smokehouse, barns and a stone fence.","why_significant":"The house was built in 1872, after Joseph and Anna Olson arrived in Bosque County in 1858. Its mix of stone and wood-frame construction is described as unique among the county's Norwegian residential buildings and may reflect a Scandinavian building tradition. Its upper floor housed Jacob Olson's collection of prehistoric relics, natural history objects and Norwegian pioneer memorabilia.","narrative":"Near the base of Norse Hill, about five miles southwest of Clifton, stands a Norwegian-settler farmstead built around a two-story house facing south. The ground floor is limestone and the upper floor is wood frame. A stone engraved \"1872\" sits above the front door, and a one-story porch runs the length of the facade. The windows are double-hung with six-over-six lights, and a gable roof of corrugated metal carries a corbeled brick chimney. Nearby are a detached stone smokehouse with a lean-to and cellar, two wood-frame barns on stone foundations, and a meandering stone fence in excellent condition. Joseph and Anna Olson came to Bosque County in 1858, but the house was not built until 1872. Its combination of stone and wood-frame construction is unique among the county's Norwegian homes and may reflect a Scandinavian tradition. For many years the upper floor held Jacob Olson's collection of prehistoric relics, natural history objects and pioneer memorabilia, much of which later went to the Bosque County Museum. The farm is currently unoccupied but well preserved.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Unoccupied but in good condition, retaining its historic integrity to a remarkable degree; present use listed as vacant, agriculture.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.291689-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/9683/40968379/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003114.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968379","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001685"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/bosque-county/olson-joseph-and-anna-farm-83003114/"}