Bergeson’s Homestead – Rural Brandon, SD
N 43° 34.745 W 096° 35.870
14T E 693950 N 4827927
This historic log cabin resides in Big Sioux Recreational Area in rural Brandon.
Waymark Code: WMAEKP
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2011
Views: 18
This log house frame is all that remains of the Bergeson Homestead. The house was built about 1869 by Ole and Soren Bergeson, two brothers who had immigrated to America from Norway with their parents in 1851. Ole was one of the first settlers to homestead in Split Rock Township where he and his wife, Bergitta, lived their lives and raised eight children.
At various times during its history, this structure had rooms added on to it to accommodate Bergeson’s growing family until it was eventually encompassed in a much larger structure. During this expansion the windows were widened and wall heights raised and covered by sheet rock on the inside and stucco on the outside.
The log frame, which was constructed of hand-hewn cottonwood, was inadvertently discovered in the mid-20th Century during the process of razing the entire old Bergeson homestead.
Bergeson’s log house frame represents a fine example of dovetailed notch work and is unique in being constructed of cottonwood timber, which is relatively soft and perishable.
This cabin’s shell is being preserved today as an interesting relic of South Dakota’s past.
Group that erected the marker: Big Sioux Recreational Area / Brandon Historical Society
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
410 W Park St
Brandon , SD USA
57005
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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