Elias and Lisi Aho Historic Farmstead | |
![]() The Aho Farmstead's farmhouse (foreground) and cattle barn (background right) viewed from the west | |
Location | 7410 Skarp Road, Waasa Township, Minnesota |
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Coordinates | 47°39′6″N 92°9′35″W / 47.65167°N 92.15972°W |
Area | 160 acres (65 ha) |
Built | 1902–1907 |
Architect | Elias Aho |
Architectural style | Log |
MPS | Rural Finnish Log Buildings of St. Louis County, Minnesota, 1890–1930s MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 90000499 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 9, 1990 |
The Elias and Lisi Aho Farmstead ( /ˈeɪhoʊ/) is a historic farmstead in Waasa Township, Minnesota, United States. It was established by a Finnish immigrant family and includes five surviving buildings constructed with traditional Finnish log architecture from 1902 to 1907. [2] The farm was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for its state-level significance in the themes of agriculture, architecture, and European ethnic heritage. [3] The Aho Farmstead was nominated for reflecting the successful cultivation of northeastern Minnesota's cutover forests by Finnish American settlers and their use of traditional log architecture. [2]
The historic district consists of six contributing properties, all dating to between 1902 and 1907. Five are log buildings: the house, the main barn, a smaller cattle barn, a riihi (grain-drying barn) later used as a stable, and a smoke sauna. The sixth contributing property comprises the fields east of the farmstead, which were first cleared by the Aho family during the same timeframe. [2]