Oscar and Christina Beckman Farmstead

The Oscar and Christina Beckman Farmstead, in Bonneville County, Idaho near Idaho Falls, Idaho, was built in 1896. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The listing included nine contributing buildings on 80 acres (32 ha).[1]

Beckman, Oscar and Christina, Farmstead
Nearest cityIdaho Falls, Idaho
Coordinates43°29′38″N 112°07′28″W
Area80 acres (32 ha)
Built1896
Built byJacob Severin Adophson, others
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Queen Anne
MPSNew Sweden and Riverview Farmsteads and Institutional Buildings MPS
NRHP reference No.91001713[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 19, 1991

It includes work by a Swedish-American farmer-carpenter named Jacob Severin Adolphson, who contributed to building the house and some of its outbuildings.[2]

The house is of "double-cell type", with elements of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles.[2]

It includes a basilica-plan barn with half-story loft, built in 1914, and a pig shed.[2]

It is located at the southwestern corner of the junction of New Sweden-Shelley Rd. and U.S. Route 20.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Jennifer Eastman Attebery (August 5, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Beckman, Oscar and Christina, Farmstead / Berkman, Milo and Emma, Farmstead / 000758". National Park Service. Retrieved January 1, 2020. With accompanying six photos from 1991


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