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Mike and Mary Matson Historic Farmstead
Mike and Mary Matson Farmstead is located in Minnesota
Mike and Mary Matson Farmstead
Location in Minnesota
Mike and Mary Matson Farmstead is located in the United States
Mike and Mary Matson Farmstead
Location in the United States
Location 7776 Hanka Nevala Road, Embarrass Township, Minnesota
Area 160 acres (65 ha)
Built c. 1900
Architect Gregorius Hanka
Architectural style Log
MPS Rural Finnish Log Buildings of St. Louis County, Minnesota, 1890–1930s MPS
NRHP reference No. 90000769
Added to NRHP April 9, 1990

The Mike and Mary Matson Farmstead is a historic farmstead in Embarrass Township, Minnesota, United States. It was established by a Finnish immigrant family around 1900 and includes five surviving buildings constructed with traditional Finnish log architecture. The farm was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for its state-level significance in the themes of agriculture, architecture, and European ethnic heritage. It was nominated for its association with the Finnish settlement and conversion of St. Louis County's cutover woodland into productive farmland, and for exhibiting their use of traditional log architecture.

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The historic district consists of seven contributing properties, all dating to around the year 1900. Five are log buildings: a cattle barn, a hay barn, a cattle and hay barn, a stable, and a smoke sauna. All five were constructed by the Matsons' neighbor Gregorius Hanka. Rounding out the inventory of historic properties are the farm's well and agricultural fields.

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