Chris Poldberg Farmstead


Chris Poldberg Farmstead
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	0.5 miles south of Iowa Highway 44 on Wolf Creek
Nearest city	Jacksonville, Iowa
Coordinates	41°37′28″N 95°07′54″W / 41.62444°N 95.13167°W / 41.62444; -95.13167Coordinates: 41°37′28″N 95°07′54″W / 41.62444°N 95.13167°W / 41.62444; -95.13167
Area	2.07 acres (0.84 ha)
Built	1907, 1912, 1914
Built by	Carl V. Andersen
MPS	Ethnic Historic Settlement of Shelby and Audubon Counties MPS
NRHP Reference #	91001459^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1991

The Chris Poldberg Farmstead is a collection of historic domestic and agricultural buildings located southeast of Jacksonville, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1] The historic importance of the farmstead is its association with stock farming, an important industry associated with Danish immigrants who settled in Shelby and Audubon counties from 1865 to 1924.^[2] The historic designation includes the two-story, foursquare, frame house (1907); the Midwest three portal barn (1912); hog house (1914); poultry house (1914); machine shed (1914); and cob house (1914). The house was built by Carl V. Andersen, and the barn, machine shed, and hog house by Jacksonville carpenter gangs.

Chris Poldberg was born in Denmark in 1862. His original surname was Andersen, but he changed it to avoid confusion with the multiple families in the area whose name was Andersen.^[2] He immigrated to the United States in 1885, and settled in Elk Horn, Iowa where he worked as a farm hand. Three year later he married Mary Hoogensen Smith, a widow, and they settled on her farm. Her late husband, Fred Smith, bought the farm from the railroad in 1880. The farm was expanded to 280 acres (110 ha) by 1915.^[2] Poldberg raised Shorthorn cattle and hogs, and supplemented with poultry.

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 Leah Rogers. "Chris Poldberg Farmstead" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-12. with 11 photos

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National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Iowa

Defiance	George Rewerts House

Elk Horn	Jens Otto Christiansen House Chris Larsen House

Harlan	Floral Hall Harlan Courthouse Square Commercial District St. Paul's Episcopal Church Shelby County Courthouse

Irwin	Irwin Consolidated School

Jacksonville	Chris Poldberg Farmstead

Shelby	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Stone Arch Viaduct Shelby Consolidated School

Westphalia	Saint Boniface Catholic Church District

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Shelby County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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