Evergreen Corner Rural Historic District

The Evergreen Corner Rural Historic District in Haxtun, Colorado is a 160-acre (0.65 km2) farm property, a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[1][2]

Evergreen Corner Rural Historic District
LocationJunction of County Roads 17 and 30, Haxtun, Colorado
Coordinates40.643551°N 102.512067°W / 40.643551; -102.512067
Area160 acres (0.65 km2)
NRHP reference No.13000960[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 12, 2013

In 2013, it included four contributing buildings, 11 contributing structures, one contributing site, and two contributing objects, as well as 8 non-contributing resources.[2]

Swedish immigrant Gustav Lindholm homesteaded the property in March 1887 but died in July 1887. Henry A. Flaker, of Nebraska, bought the land in 1917 and built a barn, a house, and a tankhouse, and planted evergreens to shelter it, naming it Evergreen Corner. Flaker's farm produced winter wheat and hogs. Lawrence Heermann bought the farm in 1946 and farmed wheat and beef cattle.[2]

According to the NRHP nomination, the district "is an excellent example of a Phillips County farmstead; a working landscape that illustrates the development of agriculture from the 1910s through the 1960s."[2]:3

References
  1. NP Gallery
  2. Abigail Christman (January 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Evergreen Corner Rural Historic Landscape / Flaker Farm, Heermann Farm (5PL.217) Evergreen Corner Rural Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved April 4, 2017. With maps, four historic photos, and 21 photos from 2010-12.
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