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Lars Geertson House

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Area
  
less than one acre

Built by
  
Geertson,Lars

Opened
  
1872

Nearest city
  
Salmon

Built
  
1872 (1872)

NRHP Reference #
  
80001330

Added to NRHP
  
3 April 1980

Lars Geertson House

The Lars Geertson House is a historic house located southeast of Salmon in Lemhi County, Idaho. Lars Geertson, a Danish immigrant and cattle rancher, built the house from 1872 to 1883. The two-story log house was built from hewn timbers; the ends were joined by square notches, and the walls were filled in with chinking. In addition to being a rare two-story log house, it is a well-preserved example of typical American log construction methods. Geertson also used his house as the commissary for his ranch, a stagecoach station, and a dance hall.

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1980.

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Lars Geertson House Wikipedia