Olson, Joseph and Anna, Farm
SW of Clifton on FM 182, Clifton, TXAlthough Joseph and Anna Olson arrived in Bosque County in 1858, their home, according to a date inscribed over the door, was not built until 1872. Its combination of stone and wood-frame construction is unique among the Norwegian residential buildings in the county and may reflect a Scandinavian building tradition. The upper floor of this house served for many years as the home for Jacob Olson's collections of prehistoric relics, natural history objects, and Norwegian pioneer memorabilia. Many of these things were later transferred to the present Bosque County Museum.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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