Brogdon Farm

A small limestone building on a farm about 7½ miles west of Clifton in Bosque County, Texas, forms the nominated property. It lies between the Upper Settlement and the old townsite of Norse, in an area settled by Norwegians. The one-room rectangular structure has solid stone walls on the north and south sides, a small window and an off-set stone chimney on the west, and a large opening along nearly the whole east wall. It sits just west of a tin-covered wood-frame barn and a few feet south of an early 20th-century frame house; the barn is excluded from the nominated area. Alterations include repointing with portland cement, a concrete floor and a standing-seam metal roof, though the building remains in fair condition. It is currently unoccupied and used for storage. Little is known about its origins, but its very small size and unusual configuration led to its recognition as a unique mid to late 19th-century stone building in the Norwegian community.