Herman and Anna Hanka Farm facts for kids
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Hanka Homestead
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 Location in Michigan
Location in the United States
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| Location | Baraga Township, Baraga County, Michigan, USA |
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| Nearest city | Pelkie, Michigan |
| Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
| Built | 1896 |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001372 |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 1984 |
The Hanka Homestead, now called the Hanka Homestead Finnish Museum, is a historic farm with 8 buildings. It covers about 40 acres (16 hectares) of land. You can find it near Pelkie, Michigan, in the United States. This special place was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
A Look Back: History of the Homestead
The Hanka family, who were immigrants from Finland, lived on this farm. They made it their home from 1896 until 1966. The farm was started when many people were moving from Finland to the United States.
Many also moved from mining towns in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to quieter farm areas. The Hanka Homestead is important because it looks almost exactly as it did in the 1920s. It shows us how people lived and farmed a long time ago.
It also shows how Finnish building traditions came to America. The farm has been carefully fixed up to look like it did in the 1920s. Today, you can visit the farm and explore it yourself!
What You Can See: Buildings and Land
The Hanka farm is 40 acres (16 hectares) big. In the 1920s, it had eleven buildings and other outdoor features. The Hanka family built these buildings themselves using logs.
Some of the main buildings include the farmhouse, a hay barn, and a sauna, all built around 1896. There was also a woodshed, an outhouse, and a horse barn built around 1914. Other buildings included a root cellar (around 1902), a blacksmith shop, a cattle barn (1910), and a milkhouse. The farmhouse also had an addition built before 1915.
