Albert Lammers House facts for kids
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Albert Lammers House
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The Albert Lammers House from the east
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Location | 1306 South 3rd Street, Stillwater, Minnesota |
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| Area | Less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1893 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Washington County MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003076 |
| Designated NRHP | April 20, 1982 |
The Albert Lammers House is a historic home in Stillwater, Minnesota. It was built around 1893. This house is special because of its amazing Queen Anne style. It also shows the importance of a local family in the lumber industry. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
About the Albert Lammers House
The Albert Lammers House is a large, two-and-a-half-story building. It is made of wood and sits on an important corner. It has many features of the Queen Anne style. These include its overall shape, tall, round towers called turrets, and a porch that wraps around the house.
You can also see fancy wood carvings on the pointed parts of the roof, called gables. The roofline itself has special decorations. The house has two main turrets. One is eight-sided on the south side. The other is round on the northeast corner. The front of the house is very detailed. It has balconies tucked into the second floor and the attic. The lower balcony has a crisscross pattern called latticework. The upper balcony looks like a seashell. It also has decorative carvings on its sides. Many of the detailed wood carvings were done by Scandinavian carpenters. This might be why some roof decorations look like Viking designs.
History of the Lammers Family
Albert Lammers was born in Minnesota. He married Emma Kroon in 1882. For many years, Albert worked in the lumber business with his brother, George. They were very successful in the St. Croix Valley, which was a big logging area.
Lumbermen like the Lammers brothers helped the industry grow into other parts of Minnesota. In 1898, the Lammers' company cut a huge amount of lumber. This wood came from the Red Lake Indian Reservation. It was then sent to sawmills in Crookston, in northwest Minnesota. The Lammers brothers did not own their own sawmills. Instead, they hired other companies to cut and prepare the logs.
Many early lumbermen in the valley built large, impressive houses. They wanted to show off their success in business. Besides the Albert Lammers House, other homes of important lumber pioneers include the Roscoe Hersey House, the Captain Austin Jenks House, and the Ivory McKusick House. These houses are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
As the pine forests in Minnesota started to run out, Albert Lammers traveled a lot. He visited his logging camps and looked for new business chances. He helped start logging businesses in South Carolina, Florida, and the Bahamas. He also got involved in mining.
Albert and Emma Lammers had four children. Emma passed away in 1910. Albert Lammers died in 1920 while in British Columbia. He was still working on his large lumber business at the time.
