4745 Salo Rd., Embarrass, Minnesota. County/parish: St. Louis.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 12, 2003. NRIS 03000521.
4 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.
The Anna and Mikko Pyhala Farm (local pronunciation: /ˈpirhʌlʌ/, PEER-huh-luh) is a historic farmstead in Embarrass, Minnesota, United States, now preserved as a visitor attraction. It was established by a Finnish-American family in 1909 and includes seven surviving buildings, including several constructed with traditional Finnish log architecture, and the ruins of a prior settler's log cabin dating to around 1895. The farm was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 for its state-level significance in the themes of agriculture, architecture, and European ethnic heritage. It was nominated for being one of St. Louis County's best examples of a Finnish-American farm with log architecture, and for its association with Finnish immigration to northeast Minnesota and the conversion of its cutover forests into productive farmland.
The property remained an active farm into the 1970s. The Pyhala Farm is owned and maintained by SISU Heritage Inc., a non-profit organization based in Embarrass. It is a stop on the Finnish-American Homestead Tours offered in summers through the Embarrass Information Center.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93201005