Ringness, Jens and Kari, Farm
Sw of Clifton on FM 219, Clifton, TXJens and Kari Ringness arrived in Bosque County, with the first wave of Norwegian settlers, in 1854. Their house, which is said to have been constructed five years later, represents an excellent example of the Norwegian Dobbelthus, and the blacksmith shop near it ranks among the finest masonry structures in the area. In 1867, the first Norweigan Lutheran service to be held in the county was celebrated in the Ringness house by the Reverend Styrk S. Reque.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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