Andrew and Bergette Hjertoos Farm facts for kids
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Hjertoos, Andrew and Bergette, Farm
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Hjertoos Farm
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 Location in Washington (state)
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| Location | 31523 NE 40th, Carnation, Washington |
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| Area | 24 acres (9.7 ha) |
| Built | 1901 |
| Built by | Hansen, Oscar |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| MPS | Dairy Farm Properties of Snoqualmie River Valley, Washington MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000248 |
| Added to NRHP | March 22, 2002 |
The Andrew and Bergette Hjertoos Farm, also known as the Hjertoos Farm or Carnation Tree Farm, is a historic working farm. It is located in Carnation, Washington. This farm was built in 1907. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It shows what family dairy farming was like in the Snoqualmie River Valley in the early 1900s.
Farm History
For almost 100 years, the Hjertoos Farm belonged to the Hjertoos family. They were immigrants from Norway. They came to the valley in the 1890s. They started their farm where the Tolt River and Snoqualmie River meet.
The farm has a well-kept farmhouse from 1907. There is also a large dairy barn built in 1910. A milkhouse and 24 acres of farmland are also part of the property. The farmhouse is a two-story wooden building. It has a special roof shape called a hipped roof. It also has windows that stick out from the roof, called dormers. A porch at the back was later closed in. The front porch was taken off in the 1950s. It was rebuilt in the 1980s using old family photos.
The dairy barn was very big for its time. It measured 40 feet by 94 feet. When it was built in 1910, it was very modern. It had a concrete foundation and floor. It also had a full hayloft. The hayloft had special diagonal roof supports. New pre-cut wood pieces, called dimensional lumber, were used to build it.
The farm was originally much larger, about 208 acres. Some parts of the land were sold or given away. These parts were used for Tolt High School, the IOOF Hall, and Tolt River Park.
What's New at the Farm
The Hjertoos Farm worked as a dairy farm until 1954. In 1978, the owner started a new project. He was the great-grandson of Andrew and Bergette Hjertoos. He planted a tree farm on the property.
Today, the farm is known as Carnation Tree Farm. It has 16 acres of different kinds of trees. These include Douglas fir, Fraser fir, Grand fir, Noble fir, Nordmann fir, Norway, and Blue Spruce trees. Visitors can come and cut down their own Christmas trees.
In 2018, something else exciting happened. The Tolt-Carnation Historical Museum moved to the Hjertoos farmhouse. It found a permanent home there.
