Co. Hwy. 2, New Market, Minnesota. County/parish: Scott.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 17, 1980. NRIS 80002166.
2 contributing buildings.
The Wencl Kajer Farmstead is a former dairy farm in New Market Township, Minnesota, United States. Situated on a hill with a distinctive round barn built in 1918, the farm was a prominent local landmark. The barn was removed from the property sometime between 2008 and 2017. The principal remaining historic building is the 1920 brick farmhouse. The farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 for its significance in the themes of agriculture and architecture. It was nominated for being a highly visible representative of dairy farming, the predominant form of agriculture in 20th-century Scott County, Minnesota.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93200953