Banfill Tavern
a.k.a. Old Locke House;Locke,Cassius M.,House
6666 E. River Rd., Fridley, MNConstructed in 1847, the Locke House is significant as one of the earliest and best preserved Greek Revival style frame residences in Anoka County. It has survived in a relatively unaltered state and has served as a summer home, logging camp office, wayside inn for travelers on the First Territorial Road, area post office, dairy farm, and presently historic house museum. It is representative of architectural taste in Minnesota at the time when it attained statehood.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.