Daniel F. Akin House

The Daniel F. Akin House is a historic house located at 19185 Akin Road in Farmington, Minnesota.


Daniel F. Akin House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Daniel F. Akin House from the east
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Location	19185 Akin Road, Farmington, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°40′18″N 93°10′18″W
Built	1856
Architect	Daniel F. Akin
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	79001223[1]
Added to NRHP	December 31, 1979

Description and history

The Italianate two-story farmhouse was built around 1860 from locally quarried limestone, and features a hipped roof with cupola on top. It is an example of the "Country Homes" style of Andrew Jackson Downing, a pioneer in American landscape architecture.[2][3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 31, 1979.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
"Farmington Heritage Landmarks" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-25.
Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.

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Municipalities and communities of Dakota County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Hastings
Cities	Apple Valley Burnsville Coates Eagan Farmington Hampton Hastings‡ Inver Grove Heights Lakeville Lilydale Mendota Mendota Heights Miesville New Trier Northfield‡ Randolph Rosemount South St. Paul Sunfish Lake Vermillion West St. Paul	Map of Minnesota highlighting Dakota County
Townships	Castle Rock Douglas Empire Eureka Greenvale Hampton Marshan Nininger Randolph Ravenna Sciota Vermillion Waterford
Unincorporated communities	Castle Rock Etter Eureka Center Waterford
Ghost towns	Lewiston Nininger
Indian reservation	Prairie Island Indian Community‡
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Pierce Butler, U.S. Supreme Court justice
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Mississippi River: Adjacent to South St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Rosemount, and Hastings
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Vermillion River: From Farmington through Eureka Township to Hastings

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